Fukushima J. Med. Sci.,
Vol. 51, No. 2, 2005

[Case Report]

PRIMARY SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE BREAST :
A CASE REPORT

ATSUO TSUCHIYA¹⁾, YOSHIYUKI ENDO¹⁾, TAKASHI YAZAWA¹⁾,
YUTAKA KONNO²⁾ and ATSUKO SAITO³⁾

¹⁾Division of Surgery, Jusendo General Hospital, Koriyama, 963-8585, Japan
²⁾Division of Neurosurgery, Jusendo General Hospital, Koriyama, 963-8585, Japan
³⁾Division of Pathology, Jusendo General Hospital, Koriyama, 963-8585, Japan

(Received August 25, 2005, accepted November 14, 2005)

Abstract: Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the breast is a rare entity. We treated a 55-year old woman who came to us with bleeding from the left breast tumor. The tumor was 7×8×10 cm in size with ulceration and surgical biopsy results showed it to be squamous cell carcinoma of the breast, while metastatic work-up findings ruled out other sources of primary tumor. She also complained of nausea and vomiting, and brain CT disclosed cerebellar metastasis. The metastatic brain tumor was surgically removed, however, the symptoms became gradually exacerbated. The patient died 67 days after admission.

Key words: breast neoplasms, breast carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma

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Correspondence to: Atsuo Tsuchiya, Division of Surgery, Jusendo General Hospital, 1-8-16 Ekimae, Koriyama City 963-8585, Japan.
E-mail: a.tsuchiya@jusendo.or.jp