Small Cell Carcinoma of the Breast: A Report of 2 Cases and Literature Review

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Paige Aiello Steve Kim Lisa Baek Lydia Choi

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Paige Aiello
Department of Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Two female patients were diagnosed with primary small cell carcinoma of the breast that was estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and Her-2 Neu negative. Diagnosis was made by ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy. They both underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The first patient had negative sentinel lymph node biopsy and underwent postoperative whole breast radiation. She has remained disease-free. The second patient underwent preoperative radiation only, had one positive sentinel lymph node, and declined postoperative radiation. The second patient had metastasis to the axillary lymph nodes as well as recurrence. She was treated with chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation, but ultimately developed more diffuse metastasis. We discuss current literature regarding diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in small cell carcinoma of the breast.

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Case Report and Review of the Literature

Publication history

Received: Mon 13, Jun 2022
Accepted: Wed 29, Jun 2022
Published: Tue 12, Jul 2022

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© 2023 Paige Aiello. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2022.07.02