Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast: case report and review of treatment options

Case Report A 69-year-old postmenopausal woman was referred to our hospital with a lesion in her left breast classified as BIRADS IV. She had no family history of ovarian or breast cancer and never took hormone replacement therapy. She presented with a palpable tumour of 6cm in size in the lateral inferior quadrant of her left breast. A biopsy was taken with the diagnosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) Grade II. A MR mammogram showed a tumour measuring 5,8×5x5cm. All investigations for secondary disease were negative. She underwent a modified radical mastectomy with sentinel lymph node biopsy because of tumou…