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SAGE Publications, International Journal of Surgical Pathology, 2(29), p. 211-215, 2020

DOI: 10.1177/1066896920937784

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Sebaceous Carcinoma of the Breast: Fact or Fiction? A Case Report and a Review of the Literature

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Abstract

Introduction. Previously considered an exceedingly rare entity, sebaceous carcinoma of the breast is now regarded in the World Health Organization 2019 classification as a “special histopathological pattern” of invasive breast carcinoma of no special type. Case Description. In this article, we report the case of a fine needle aspiration cytology and the histopathological features of a breast carcinoma with clear-cut morphological features suggesting sebaceous differentiation, but showing no positive staining with the anti-adipophilin antibody. Conclusions. A morphologically clear-cut sebaceous differentiation is not invariably associated with adipophilin positivity; moreover, in breast carcinoma, adipophilin positivity does not automatically imply sebaceous differentiation. At present, immunomorphological evidence for the recognition of sebaceous carcinoma as a “special type” breast carcinoma subtype is too weak.