male breast carcinoma is rare and late onset tumor in age between 60 to 70 year,its counts only 1% in all breast cancers,in most of cases its infiltertrating duct carcinoma, usually presents in advanced in stage wit more chances of metastasis when diagnosed in 85% of cases estrogen receptor positive & 70%progeterone receptors are positive (20 % cases her growht factor also positive) this hormone dependence play an important role in treatment. symptom and diagnosis....accidentaly patient detect a painless swelling in breast and in armpit or axilla, fnac,core biopsy and excisinal biopsy is must for final diagnosis, xray chest,usg breast and abdomen and bone scan for distant metastasis.
risk factors are 1.exposure to radiation..such as for lyphoma or wilms in chilhood 2. high estrogen level as in case of klinefelters syndrome xxy chromosomes,and in cirrohosis of liver 3 family history of…
