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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2025

Pleomorphic adenocarcinoma of the breast: a case report.

Yunkun Zhang, Pengchao Fan, Min Gao, Rui Cong, Qimin Wang, Dan Zhao, Jian Zhang, Yini Zhang, Lifen Wang

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yunkun Zhang *Department of Pathology, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Pengchao Fan *Hospital Infection Management Department, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Min GaoDepartment of Ultrasonography, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Rui CongDepartment of Ultrasonography, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Qimin WangDepartment of Pathology, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Dan ZhaoDepartment of Pathology, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Jian ZhangDepartment of Pathology, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Yini ZhangDepartment of Pathology, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Lifen WangDepartment of Pathology, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.

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Abstract

This article comprehensively reports a case of pleomorphic adenocarcinoma of the breast, a rare breast salivary gland-type tumor. A mass with a maximum diameter of 3.2 cm was detected through ultrasound within the upper outer quadrant in a 74-year-old woman undergoing left breast total mastectomy and sentinel lymph node exploration. Microscopically, the central part of the tumor was mostly arranged in the solid structures, some of which were cribriform and contained blue-stained secretions, while the periphery of the tumor had striated and glandular duct-like arranged structures. Some tumor cells had visible nucleoli and nuclear fission, with sparse cytoplasm. Immunohistochemistry revealed ER (-), PR (-), HER-2 (0), Bcl-2 (+), P63 (-), Calponin (-), S100 (+), E-cadherin (+), and Ki-67 (20%+). The next-generation sequencing (NGS) assay revealed a missense mutation within exon 7 in PIK3CA, which is related to the treatment of breast cancer. The patient received 1 course of oral Capecitabine treatment after surgery and was followed up for 2 years with no recurrence.

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breastNGS - next-generation sequencingPIK3CA mutationpleomorphic adenocarcinomaultrasound

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