Breast adenoid cystic carcinoma in a 19-year-old man: a case report and review of the literature

Table 1 Summary of eight reported cases of breast adenoid cystic carcinoma in males

Author	Publication year	Age (yr)		Side		Axillary lymph node		Treatment		Outcome of follow-up
Woyke [7]	1970	37		?		Neg		Local excision (ND)		Recurrence at 5 and 7 year
Verani [8]	1973	78		R		Neg		Modified radical mastectomy (AD)		DOD at 9-month lung metastase
Ferlito [9]	1974	60		L		Neg		Simple mastectomy (ND)		Not available
Hjorth [10]	1977	21		L		Neg		Simple mastectomy (ND)		A & W at 2 years
Miliauskas JR [5]	1991	13		R		Neg		Subcutaneous mastectomy (ND)		A & W at 30 months
Kshirsagar AY [3]	2006	82		L		3/5		Modified radical mastectomy (AD)		Recurrence at 2 years
Liu J [4]	2012	20		R		0/3		Simple mastectomy (AD)		Not available
Yoo SJ [6]	2013	41		L		Pos		Not available		Bone and lung metastasis
The present case	-	19		R		0/41		Radical mastectomy (AD) tamoxifen		A & W at 67 months
Summary	-	10–29 years	4	L	4	Pos	2	Surgery	8	LR		DM
		30–49 years	2	R	4	Pos	2	RT	0	Yes	2	Yes	2
		50–70 years	1	?	1	Neg	7	CT	0	No	5	No	5
		70–90 years	2	?	1	Neg	7	HT	1	?	2	?	2

ND no axillary dissection, AD with axillary dissection, A & W alive and well, RT radiotherapy, CT chemotherapy, HT hormone therapy, LR recurrence, DM distant metastasis, “?” unknown, “pos” positive axillary lymph node, “neg” negative axillary lymph node.

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