Title: Case Report - Mucinous Carcinoma of Breast
Authors: M. Mounika, P. Divya, U. Manohar, P. Viswanathan, V R. Baskar
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v6i10.54
Abstract
Many histologic types of breast carcinoma are identified with varying clinical and biological aspects. A unique entity of breast carcinoma is mucinous carcinoma presenting with a large amount of extracellular mucin. An elderly women came to OPD with complaints of swelling in breast which was later found to be diagnosed as Mucinous/ Colloid carcinoma -breast both cytologically and histopathological examination.
Keywords: Mucinous carcinoma, breast, colloid carcinoma.
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