PAPILLARY CARCINOMA OF THE MALE BREAST - REPORT OF A CASE DIAGNOSED BY FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY

An 81-year-old male with prostatic carcinoma presented with a large ri ght breast mass and underwent a fine needle aspiration biopsy, which r evealed a primary papillary carcinoma of the breast. This lesion was u nrelated to the patient's prostatic carcinoma and is the first case of papillary carcinoma of the male breast, to our knowledge, diagnosed b y fine needle aspiration cytology. This case is described, and previou s literature on the cytologic features of papillary breast carcinoma a nd carcinoma of the male breast is briefly reviewed.