Abstract
Tubular carcinoma of the breast is a rare type of breast carinoma which has characteristic histologic findings, especially pure type tubular carcinoma in that lymp node metastases rarely occur and the prognosis is good. We report a case of resected pure type tubular carcinoma of the breast with lymph node metastasis. A 55-year-old woman was referred to the hospital because of a tumor formation at her left breast. The tumor shadow with spicula was identified by a mammogram, but the tumor could not be diagnosed as malignancy by an aspiration cytology. By an excisional biopsy, the tumor was diagnosed as tubular carcinoma. The patient underwent a mastectomy with lymph nodes dissection. Postoperative histological findings revealed pure type tubular carcinoma with axillary lymph node metastasis. Since lymph node metastasis is detected in a pure type tubular carcinoma like in this case, tubular carcinoma should be dealt with the same manner as other invasive carcinomas of the breast are treated.
