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Ectopic lobular breast cancer on the anterior chest wall: a rare entity

¹ Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
² Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Correspondence to:
Dr M Y A van Herwaarden-Lindeboom
Department of Surgery (G04.228), University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands; mlindebo@chir.azu.nl 3 January 2006

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A 46-year-old woman with a rare case of infiltrating lobular carcinoma in ectopic breast tissue on the anterior chest wall is presented. Wide local excision and lymphatic mapping with, consequently, a sentinel node biopsy, seem adequate therapy for ectopic breast cancer.

Ectopic breast tissue arises from the primitive milk line, with an incidence of 0.6–6%.¹ Malignant transformation is rare.² The most frequently occurring manifestation is infiltrating ductal carcinoma, comprising 79% of all ectopic breast malignancies.³ Lobular-type and medullary-type carcinomas are seen in <10% of cases.⁴ Furthermore, most carcinomas in the ectopic breast tissue are located in the vulva and axilla (ie, 55–65%).⁵ The chest wall is the most unusual location.⁶

We present a patient with lobular carcinoma in ectopic breast tissue located on the anterior chest wall.

Case report
A 46-year-old Caucasian woman presented with a subcutaneous mass in a cicatrice of the anterior chest wall approximately 1–2 cm below the caudal . . . [Full text of this article]