International Clinical and Medical Case Reports Journal (ISSN: 2832-5788) | Volume 3, Issue 3 | | Open Access DOI
Dr. Syed Abdullah Haider*
Anusha Manazar1, Arham Naveed2, Syed Abdullah Haider3*, Hamza Javed4, Hashim Mahmood5 and Asma A. Rashid6
1University college of medicine and dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan
2Medical student, University College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan
3MBBS, University College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
4MBBS, University College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
5Medical Student, University College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan
6Oncology, University of Lahore Teaching Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
*Correspondence to: Dr. Syed Abdullah Haider
Fulltext PDFCarcinoma of the axillary space of Spence is a very scarce phenomenon appearing in females. This tumor arisesfromthetail-likeexpansionofbreast-liketissueinthearmpitabbreviatedas(CATS).Itisdifficulttodiagnoseasitsanatomicallocationcanmimicotherconditionssuchasothercancersandlymphadenopathydueto metastasisin Lymph nodes. Imaging modalities can lead towards the diagnosis but the most accurate diagnostic test forCATS is biopsy. The prognosis is satisfactory with a survival rate of 5 years in 80 to 90 percent of patients. Wereport a case of a 62-year-old female who presented with progressive swelling and a lump in her left breast thatafterdiagnostictestswerefound tobepapillaryandwerepresentintheregionofaxillarytail.Thediagnosiswasconfirmed by a tru-cut biopsy of the left breast leading to the finding of axillary tail carcinoma and CT scanshowed it was non metastasising so was treated by Modified radical mastectomy and chemotherapy was notrequired.
Abnormal breast discharge; Rare breast mass; Papillary breast tumors; Ca breast prognostic markers, Axillary tail
ManazarA,NaveedA,HaiderSA,JavedH,MahmoodHRashidAA.ClinicalConundrum:Carcinomaofthe AxillaryTailofSpence -A CaseReport. IntClinc MedCaseRepJour.2024;3(3):1-7.