Table 2: Summary of previously reported cases of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the breast.

No

Authors

Year Published

Age

Grade

Size (mm)

Type of surgery

Medical Approach

LN procedure

No of LN

LN Status

Follow up

(m)

Status

Distant Metastasis

1

Patchefsky 1 [19]

1979

66

Low

13

Radical Mastectomy

NS

AC

0/ (20)

Negative

94

Died -other causes

NS

2

Patchefsky 2 [19]

1979

70

Low

50

Quadrectomy

NS

NS

NS

NS

10

Alive

NS

3

Kovi [15]

1981

46

High

 NA

Radical Mastectomy

NS

AC

17/ (19)

Positive

NS

NS

NS

4

Fisher 1 [12]

1983

65

Low

 NA

WLE

NS

NS

NS

NS

60

Alive

NS

5

Fisher 2 [12]

1983

71

Low

 NA

Radical Mastectomy

NS

AC

0 / (19)

Negative

48

Alive

NS

6

Fisher 3 [12]

1983

57

Low

 NA

Radical Mastectomy

NS

AD

0/ (11)

Negative

120

Alive

NS

7

Fisher 4 [12]

1983

49

Low

 NA

Radical Mastectomy

NS

AD

0/ (13)

Negative

108

Alive

NS

8

Fisher 5 [12]

1983

60

Low

 NA

Radical Mastectomy

NS

NS

NS

NS

48

Died -other causes

NS

9

Ratanarapee [21]

1983

27

High

 NA

Radical Mastectomy

NS

AD

6/ (15)

Positive

14

Died -other causes

NS

10

Luchtrath [17]

1984

81

Low

NS

Mastectomy

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

11

Hanna 1 [13]

1985

51

NA

20

Modified Radical Mastectomy

none

NS

0/ (ns)

Negative

8

Alive

NS

12

Hanna 2 [13]

1985

31

NA

NA

Modified Radical Mastectomy

Chemotherapy

AC

2/ (18)

Positive

14

Alive

NS

13

Hastrup [14]

1985

59

High

10

Modified Radical Mastectomy

*

SLNB

0/ (4)

Negative

25

Died

Recurrence Same Breast and New primary Controlateral Breast

14

Leong [16]

1985

57

High

 

Radical Mastectomy

NS

AC

0/ (20)

Negative

6

Died

lung and spine

15

Luchtrath [18]

1989

60

High

50

Radical Mastectomy

Chemotherapy

AC

12/ (18)

Positive

30

Died

Bone

16

Pettinato [20]

1989

72

High

 NA

Mastectomy

NS

AC

16/ (19)

Positive

few

Died

 NS

17

Berry [7]

1996

51

High

 NA

Mastectomy and primary reconstruction

NS

AC

0/ (NS)

Negative

NS

Alive

 NS

18

Chang [11]

1998

54

High

NA

Modified Radical Mastectomy

Chemotherapy

AD

0/ (9)

Negative

48

Alive

No

19

Markopoulos [4]

1998

40

High

20

WLE

Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Tamoxifen

AD

0/ (Level 1)

Negative

60

Alive

No

20

Tjalma [22]

2002

49

low that recurrent as high

35

Radical Mastectomy

NS

AC

1/ (17)

Positive

156

Alive

 NS

21

 Di Tommaso 1 [26]

2003

80

Low

5

WLE

NS

NP

NP

NP

5

Alive

NS

22

Di Tommaso 2 [26]

2003

29

Low

8

WLE

NS

NP

NP

NP

90

Alive

NS

23

Di Tommaso 3 [26]

2003

54

Low

15

WLE

NS

AD

0/ (NS)

Negative

13

Alive

NS

24

 Di Tommaso 4 [26]

2003

55

Intermediate

6

WLE

NS

AD

0/ (NS)

Negative

3

Alive

NS

25

Di Tommaso 5 [26]

2003

36

High

11

Quadrectomy

NS

AD

0/ (NS)

Negative

18

Alive

NS

26

Aysen [23]

2004

79

High

80

Radical Mastectomy

NS

AD

4/ (14)

Positive

NS

NS

NS

27

Gomez Aracil [9]

2006

69

High

75

Radical Mastectomy

Chemotherapy neo-adjuvant

AC

24/ (28)

Positive

NS

NS

NS

28

Horii [3]

2006

54

Low

25

Mastectomy

Aromatase Inhibitors

AD

0/ (NS)

Negative

36

Alive

No

29

Hornychova [1]

2006

63

High

18

Partial mastectomy

Chemotherapy Radiotherapy

AD

0/ (17)

Negative

18

Alive

No

30

Hornychova [1]

2006

30

Low

82

Mastectomy

Chemotherapy Radiotherapy

AD

0/ (NS)

Negative

60

Alive

 NS

31

Camelo Piragua [25]

2008

49

Intermediate

15

Modified Radical Mastectomy

Chemotherapy

SLNB

1/ (3+9)

Positive

8

Alive

No

32

Basbug [24]

2011

69

High

10

Mastectomy

Chemotherapy Radiotherapy

AD

0/ (12)

Negative

12

Alive

No

33

Palermo [27]

2013

80

High

40

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

34

Turk [5]

2013

40

NS

55

Modified Radical Mastectomy

Chemotherapy

AC

1/ (24)

Positive

5

Alive

No

35

Fujino [2]

2016

71

Intermediate

17

Mastectomy

NS

SLNB

NS

NS

NS

NS

 NS

36

Sherwell-Cabello

[6, 28]

2016 and 2017**

86

Low

 60

Modified Radical Mastectomy

No

NS

NS

NS

3

Alive

No

37

Cheng 1 [8]

2017

39

Low

15

Modified Radical Mastectomy

NS

AC

3/ (18)

Positive

NS

Alive

NS

38

Cheng 2 [8]

2017

49

Low

15

Modified Radical Mastectomy

NS

AC

0/ (17)

Negative

NS

Alive

NS

39

Cheng 3 [8]

2017

66

Low

13

Mastectomy

NS

SLNB

0/ (6)

Negative

NS

Alive

NS

40

Cheng 4 [8]

2017

61

Low

30

Mastectomy

NS

SLNB

0/ (3)

Negative

NS

Alive

NS

41

Our

2018

63

Low

21

WLE

NS

SLNB

0/ (5)

Negative

36

Alive

NS

*None at presentation. Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy and Endocrine Treatment was given when the malignancy recurred with metastasis **The same case was reported in 2 different papers by the same author. NS: not stated AC: axillary node clearance, AD: axillary dissection SLNB: sentinel lymph node biopsy, NA: not applicable, No: number, NP: not performed, WLE: wide local excision