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CASE REPORT article

Front. Oncol.
Sec. Breast Cancer
Volume 15 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1521704
This article is part of the Research Topic The Essential Role of Multidisciplinary Teams in Breast Cancer Surgery: Collaboration for Superior Patient Outcomes View all articles

Mucinous carcinoma in a male breast with skin ulcer: a case report

Provisionally accepted

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    A case of pure mucinous carcinoma of the male breast presenting with skin ulceration was reported. The patient, a 67-year-old male, inadvertently discovered a subcutaneous mass with the size of a soybean near the areola on the right side of his chest. Pathological analysis identified the mass as mucinous adenocarcinoma. Differentiating between primary mucinous carcinoma of the skin and mucinous carcinoma of the breast was challenging due to their overlapping histological and immunohistochemical features. Ultimately, the tumor was diagnosed as pure mucinous carcinoma of the male breast based on the primary site and clinical history.

    Keywords: Male breast tumor, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, cutaneous mucinous carcinoma, Breast mucinous carcinoma, Skin Ulcer

    Received: 02 Nov 2024; Accepted: 17 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Lin, Liao, Yang, Lin and Ma. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Jie Ma, shenzhen people'hospital, Shenzhen, China

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