TY - JOUR AU - Gautam, Swotantra AU - Joshi, Brikha Raj AU - Adhikary, Shailesh AU - Regmi, Sudeep AU - Pradhan, Anju PY - 2018/08/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Male Breast Cancer: A Rare Entity JF - Journal of Nepal Medical Association JA - J Nepal Med Assoc VL - 56 IS - 212 SE - Case Reports DO - 10.31729/jnma.3662 UR - https://www.jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/3662 SP - 804-807 AB - <p>Male breast carcinoma is a rare malignancy (&lt;1% of all breast carcinomas, 0.2% of all male malignancies). Its common histopathological type is infiltrating carcinoma, not otherwise specified. Three male patients aged 56 (stage –IIIB), 64 (T4bN0M0) and 78 (T2N0MO) years presented with a breast lump within a year. Their hematological and biochemical parameters were within normal limits. Two of them had palpable regional lymph nodes. Male breast carcinoma occurs in older males as in our cases. Two cases showed infiltrating ductal carcinoma, not otherwise specified on histopathological evaluation, and one showed special type with apocrine differentiation. Their two-year follow-up was uneventful after modified radical mastectomy and chemotherapy. Male breast carcinoma is associated with risk factors different from and overlapping with female breast carcinoma. Male breast carcinoma differs from female breast carcinoma on clinical presentation, biological behaviour and prognosis.&nbsp;</p> ER -