AGGRESSIVE BREAST CARCINOMA IN A 26 YEARS-OLD LADY: A YOUNG AGE AT DIAGNOSIS

  • Department of Internal Medicine and Pathology, King Fahad University Hospital, University of Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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The incidence of breast cancer is directly related to the age as it increases with it. The diagnosis of breast cancer at an age below 40 is relatively uncommon with the majority being diagnosed at the age of 50 or older. Breast cancer accounts for less than 1.8% in females younger than 30 years of age.In this paper, we report a case of a 26- year-old lady who presented with a picture of cholestatic hepatic disease and then later found to have invasive ductal carcinoma with hepatic metastasis confirmed by histopathology.

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[Ali AlAmri, Hadeel AlOmran, Fatimah AlKhunaizi and Aysha Ahmed. (2017); AGGRESSIVE BREAST CARCINOMA IN A 26 YEARS-OLD LADY: A YOUNG AGE AT DIAGNOSIS Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jan). 2248-2252] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Hadeel AlOmran
Department of Internal Medicine and Pathology, King Fahad University Hospital, University of Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3003      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3003

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