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A RARE OCCURRENCE OF SIGNET RING CELLS IN INVASIVE LOBULAR CARCINOMA OF BREAST

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Dr. K. Govardhanan, Dr. Janani Sai Ganapathy
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.s2.218

Abstract

Invasive lobular carcinomas of the breast are well known for their high malignant potential and tendancy to metastasize early which stratifies them as cancers with risky prognosis and requires usually a complete mastectomy followed by radiotherapy. It is usually chemoresistant. Signet ring cells are seen usually associated with primary G.I tract malignancies and its prevelance in breast primary is very rare. When signet cells are more than 20%, we can call it a SRCC. This is an isolated case of signet ring cell in invasive lobular carcinoma of breast with a short duration of one month in a 55 year old, with no relevant past or family history. The patient underwent a patey’s modified radical mastectomy and has been undergoing chemotherapy post surgery. Due to the lack of proper separate classifications and very little knowledge of the disease variant , this case report serves in increasing data regarding such tumours and also may help in future stratification of the SRCC to better prognosis of the same.

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