BREAST CARCINOMA WITH OSTEOCLAST-LIKE GIANT CELLS: A CASE REPORT

Authors

  • Bárbara Elizabeth Schroff Residente de Ginecologia MMAC Author
  • Leandro Gonçalves Oliveira Instituto Goiano de Oncologia e Hematologia (INGOH) Author
  • Ana Cláudia Gonçalves Lima Instituto Goiano de Oncologia e Hematologia (INGOH) Author
  • Sebastião Alves Pinto Instituto Goiano de Oncologia e Hematologia (INGOH), Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) Author
  • André Maroccolo de Sousa Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC) Author
  • Ana Luíza Fleury Luciano Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC) Author
  • Juarez Antônio de Sousa Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37951/2675-5009.2021v2i04.48

Keywords:

BREAST CARCINOMA, OSTEOCLASTIC GIANT CELLS, TUMOR METASTASIS, PROGNOSIS, ESTROGEN RECEPTOR (ER), PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR (PR), HUMAN EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 (HER2/NEU)

Abstract

Breast carcinoma with osteoclastic giant cells (OGCs) are uncommon. As per the WHO classification of tumors of the breast, these tumors are designated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells and are categorized under invasive carcinoma of no special type. Here, we report a 69-year-old woman with a lump in her left breast. Diagnosed with a triple negative breast carcinoma with OGCs. She is still free of recurrence with an 18-month follow-up.

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Published

2021-06-01

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 04 (2021): Scientific Journal CEREM- GO

Section

CASE REPORT

How to Cite

Schroff, B. E., Oliveira, L. G., Lima, A. C. G., Pinto, S. A., Sousa, A. M. de, Luciano, A. L. F., & Sousa, J. A. de. (2021). BREAST CARCINOMA WITH OSTEOCLAST-LIKE GIANT CELLS: A CASE REPORT. SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL CEREM-GO, 2(04). https://doi.org/10.37951/2675-5009.2021v2i04.48