Research Article
Papillary Carcinoma of Breast: Clinicopathological Characteristics, Management, and Survival
Table 2
Distinctive/unusual features observed.
| | Characteristics | Numbers | Subtypes | Outcomes |
| | Gender | | | |
| | Male | A total of 8 (14%) | Among 8 males, six ➔ IPC and two ➔ EPC | All 8 did well (all mastectomies) | | Female | A total of 50 (86%) |
| | ER negative | A total of 2 | Both were young females
< 35
Both IPC | Did well |
| | PR negative | 4 patients | | |
| | H2N positive (37 patients had H2N testing) | A total of 3 | One ➔IPC
Two ➔ EPC | Two died due to distant metastasis (one IPC and one EPC) |
| | T stage at presentation (T3 and T4) | T1 ()
T2 ()
T3 ()
T4 () | SPC and EPC were also there in T3 and T4 | No mortality in T1
Much mortality in rest of T stages |
| LN status at presentation
Only 3 patients were LN positive | One each of SPC, IPC, and EPC | (1) SPC (FNA positive/T4)
(2) IPC (SLNB positive/T2) | Only EPC (3rd) died at 5 years of bone | | (3) EPC (fixed ulcerated axillary mass/FNA positive/T2/also Her-2Neu positive) | Metastases, rest of two remained well. |
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