HISTOPATHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CARCINOMA OF THE MALE BREAST IN ILE-IFE, NIGERIA

Carcinoma of the male breast is said to be rare. A review of the recor ds at the histopathology laboratory of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, confirms the universal assertion that carcinoma of the male breast is very rare, In over nineteen years of its existence, the laboratory recorded only 10 cases of carcinoma of the male breast. This gives an incidence rate of 1.9% of a total of 513 cases affecting both male and female breasts, All cases were infi ltrating ductal carcinoma: there were two cases of papillary, one each of colloid and clear cell carcinoma while the remaining were ''not ot herwise specified''. The age range was 40-80 years with an average of 56.9 years, There was left-sided preponderance with eight cases in the left breast and two cases in the right breast, Six cases had evidence of metastasis either at the time of initial diagnosis or some months after simple mastectomy.