Paget’s disease of male breast, a rare but rising ailment

Male breast cancer constitutes less than 1% of all breast carcinomas whereas Paget’s disease accounts for less than 1% of entire breast cancers. Unawareness and misdiagnosis lead to delayed presentation at a higher grade making the prognosis worse than females. Genetics and hormonal factors are str...

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Autores principales: Randhir Sagar Yadav, Shumneva Shrestha, Prabesh Bikram Singh, Sadikshya Sharma, Bikash Nepal, Prakash Sayami
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Publicado: Society of Surgeons of Nepal 2017
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a658fa5ddf0542b2b2dde751edf28bf12021-12-05T19:16:00ZPaget’s disease of male breast, a rare but rising ailment10.3126/jssn.v20i2.243811815-39842392-4772https://doaj.org/article/a658fa5ddf0542b2b2dde751edf28bf12017-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JSSN/article/view/24381https://doaj.org/toc/1815-3984https://doaj.org/toc/2392-4772 Male breast cancer constitutes less than 1% of all breast carcinomas whereas Paget’s disease accounts for less than 1% of entire breast cancers. Unawareness and misdiagnosis lead to delayed presentation at a higher grade making the prognosis worse than females. Genetics and hormonal factors are strongly linked to its occurrence. Investigations, diagnosis, staging and management strategies for male breast cancers are concluded from studies done in female cases. We present a case of a 65 years literate gentleman who presented with fungating right breast mass with bleeding ulcer who underwent modified radical mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormonal therapy.   Randhir Sagar YadavShumneva ShresthaPrabesh Bikram SinghSadikshya SharmaBikash NepalPrakash SayamiSociety of Surgeons of NepalarticleMale breast cancerPaget's diseasePrognosisSurgeryRD1-811ENJournal of Society of Surgeons of Nepal, Vol 20, Iss 2 (2017)
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topic Male breast cancer
Paget's disease
Prognosis
Surgery
RD1-811
spellingShingle Male breast cancer
Paget's disease
Prognosis
Surgery
RD1-811
Randhir Sagar Yadav
Shumneva Shrestha
Prabesh Bikram Singh
Sadikshya Sharma
Bikash Nepal
Prakash Sayami
Paget’s disease of male breast, a rare but rising ailment
description Male breast cancer constitutes less than 1% of all breast carcinomas whereas Paget’s disease accounts for less than 1% of entire breast cancers. Unawareness and misdiagnosis lead to delayed presentation at a higher grade making the prognosis worse than females. Genetics and hormonal factors are strongly linked to its occurrence. Investigations, diagnosis, staging and management strategies for male breast cancers are concluded from studies done in female cases. We present a case of a 65 years literate gentleman who presented with fungating right breast mass with bleeding ulcer who underwent modified radical mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormonal therapy.  
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author Randhir Sagar Yadav
Shumneva Shrestha
Prabesh Bikram Singh
Sadikshya Sharma
Bikash Nepal
Prakash Sayami
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Prabesh Bikram Singh
Sadikshya Sharma
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Prakash Sayami
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title Paget’s disease of male breast, a rare but rising ailment
title_short Paget’s disease of male breast, a rare but rising ailment
title_full Paget’s disease of male breast, a rare but rising ailment
title_fullStr Paget’s disease of male breast, a rare but rising ailment
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