Metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma within a primary solid papillary carcinoma of the male breast - Application of immunohistochemistry to a unique collision tumor

Authors
Sahoo, S Smith, RE Potz, JL Rosen, PP
Citation
S. Sahoo et al., Metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma within a primary solid papillary carcinoma of the male breast - Application of immunohistochemistry to a unique collision tumor, ARCH PATH L, 125(8), 2001, pp. 1101-1103
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
ARCHIVES OF PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE
ISSN journal
00039985 → ACNP
Volume
125
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1101 - 1103
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9985(200108)125:8<1101:MPAWAP>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We report the case of a 78-year-old man who developed a breast mass 12 mont hs after hormonal therapy for palliation of prostatic adenocarcinoma. On hi stologic and immunohistochemical examination, the breast tumor revealed a u nique collision tumor composed of metastatic prostatic adenocarcinoma and s olid papillary breast carcinoma.