Case Report: A Rare Case of Primary Neuroendocrine Tumour of Breast

Dr. V Kopperundevi, Dr. Anbarasan K, Dr. R Sridhar

Abstract: Neuroendocrine tumours of the breast can be primary or secondaries from lung, gastrointestinal tract and pancreas. Primary Neuroendocrine tumours of the breast is a rare entity. It is diagnosed by histopathology, immunohistochemistry and exclusion of primaries elsewhere by imaging. Here we report a case study of a 72 year old lady with left breast lump diagnosed as early breast carcinoma who underwent modified radical mastectomy with axillary dissection. Post operatively the histopathology revealed primary neuroendocrine tumour ? mixed type.

Keywords: Neuroendocrine tumours, Primary neuroendocrine tumour, breast cancer, mixed type of neuroendocrine tumours