uttarak M

Intracystic papillary carcinoma of the breast.

A 44-year-old-woman presented with a painless lump in the right breast for 10 months. She had no nipple discharge and no familial history of breast carcinoma. She was treated at a provincial hospital by aspiration of the mass which revealed bloody fluid. She was informed that there was no abnormality. A few weeks later, she felt a lump again in her right breast, so she came to our hospital. Physical examination revealed a 3.5 cm, mobile mass in the upper outer quadrant of the right breast. There was no evidence of axillary lymphadenopathy. The patient was admitted for excisional biopsy of the breast mass.