MALE INTRACYSTIC BREAST CANCER ASSOCIATED WITH A HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA -A CASE REPORT-

Intracystic breast cancer is a relatively rare entity. This time we have experienced a case of male intracystic breast cancer with a hepatocellular carcinoma. A 65-year-old man who was under observation after undergoing an ethanol infusion therapy for a hepatocellular carcinoma in January, 1997 was seen at the hospital because of a tumor formation in the left breast in July, 1997. Ultrasonographic study of the breast tumor revealed a papillary lesion in a cyst. Bloody content was aspirated by needling. Cytology revealed solid-tubular carcinoma, and a modified radical mastectomy (Bt+Ax) was performed. No positive lymph nodes were involved and estrogen receptor was positive. After the operation, an endocrine therapy with oral tamoxifen was started and has been maintained up to now. Some bibliographical comments about male intracystic breast cancer and its simultaneous occurrence with hapatic cancer are also presented here.