SUP: Jamuary 98 Case of the Month

Alberto P. Gallardo, M. D.

Department of Anatomic Pathology and Epidemiology
The Autonomous University of Nayarit at Tepic
Mexico



Sections Clinical History Fine Needle Aspiration Macroscopic Features Light Microscopy Electron Microscopy Diagnosis Discussion Reader Feedback	Clinical History
	Clinical Presentation A fifty five year old female presented with the complaint of a lump in her right breast. Physical examination revealed a 5.0 x 3.0 cm , mobile, non tender tumor in the upper outer quadrant of the right breast. Axillary adenopathy was absent. Hospital Course Fine needle aspiration of the tumor was performed. The patient had a radical mastectomy and postoperative chemotherapy. She is alive and well five years after her surgery.
	Clinical Diagnosis Carcinoma of the right breast
	Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology
	Light Microscopy

January 1998 Case-of-the-Month

Breast Carcinoma: An Unusual Variant