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Breast apocrine adenoma

MedGen UID:
235590
•Concept ID:
C1388299
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: apocrine adenoma of breast; Apocrine adenoma of the breast; Breast Apocrine Adenoma; breast apocrine adenoma
 
HPO: HP:6000895
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0004273

Definition

A type of breast adenoma composed of benign apocrine cells. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBreast apocrine adenoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Oncocytoid Salivary Tumors: Differential Diagnosis and Utility of Newly Described Immunohistochemistry.
Katabi N
Head Neck Pathol 2024 Mar 19;18(1):20. doi: 10.1007/s12105-024-01622-9. PMID: 38502259Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

GATA3 Expression in Normal Skin and in Benign and Malignant Epidermal and Cutaneous Adnexal Neoplasms.
Mertens RB, de Peralta-Venturina MN, Balzer BL, Frishberg DP
Am J Dermatopathol 2015 Dec;37(12):885-91. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000000306. PMID: 26595821Free PMC Article
Schöpf-Schulz-Passarge syndrome: further delineation of the phenotype and genetic considerations.
Castori M, Ruggieri S, Giannetti L, Annessi G, Zambruno G
Acta Derm Venereol 2008;88(6):607-12. doi: 10.2340/00015555-0547. PMID: 19002348
Salivary duct carcinoma.
Hosal AS, Fan C, Barnes L, Myers EN
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2003 Dec;129(6):720-5. doi: 10.1016/S0194-59980301386-X. PMID: 14663441
Three-millimeter apocrine adenoma in a man: a case report and review of the literature.
Pasquale-Styles MA, Milikowski C
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2003 Nov;127(11):1498-500. doi: 10.5858/2003-127-1498-TAAIAM. PMID: 14567753
Salivary gland-like tumours of the breast: surgical and molecular pathology.
Pia-Foschini M, Reis-Filho JS, Eusebi V, Lakhani SR
J Clin Pathol 2003 Jul;56(7):497-506. doi: 10.1136/jcp.56.7.497. PMID: 12835294Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Sclerosing Polycystic Adenoma.
Bishop JA, Thompson LDR
Surg Pathol Clin 2021 Mar;14(1):17-24. doi: 10.1016/j.path.2020.09.004. PMID: 33526220
The morphological spectrum of salivary gland type tumours of the breast.
Foschini MP, Morandi L, Asioli S, Giove G, Corradini AG, Eusebi V
Pathology 2017 Feb;49(2):215-227. Epub 2016 Dec 30 doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2016.10.011. PMID: 28043647
Apocrine adenoma of the breast.
Cashell AW
W V Med J 2008 Mar-Apr;104(2):16-9. PMID: 18491794
Salivary duct carcinoma.
Hosal AS, Fan C, Barnes L, Myers EN
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2003 Dec;129(6):720-5. doi: 10.1016/S0194-59980301386-X. PMID: 14663441
The Histologic Spectrum of Apocrine Lesions of the Breast.
Durham JR, Fechner RE
Am J Clin Pathol 2000 May;113(suppl_1):S3-18. doi: 10.1309/7A2P-YMWJ-B1PD-UDN9. PMID: 11993707

Therapy

Giant fibroadenomatoid hyperplasia of the breast: a case report.
Zhang H, Wang XL, Ren WD, Shi TM
Gynecol Obstet Invest 2014;77(2):134-6. Epub 2014 Feb 5 doi: 10.1159/000357443. PMID: 24504257
Sodium/iodide symporter: a key transport system in thyroid cancer cell metabolism.
Filetti S, Bidart JM, Arturi F, Caillou B, Russo D, Schlumberger M
Eur J Endocrinol 1999 Nov;141(5):443-57. doi: 10.1530/eje.0.1410443. PMID: 10576759
Differential diagnosis of oncocytic lesions of the breast and thyroid utilizing a semiquantitative approach.
Nasuti JF, Benedict C, Hurford M, Bibbo M
Acta Cytol 1999 Jul-Aug;43(4):544-51. doi: 10.1159/000331145. PMID: 10432873
Toward a physiological approach to breast cancer prevention.
Russo J, Russo IH
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1994 Jun;3(4):353-64. PMID: 8061586
Antiestrogen action of progesterone in breast tissue.
Mauvais-Jarvis P, Kuttenn F, Gompel A
Breast Cancer Res Treat 1986;8(3):179-88. doi: 10.1007/BF01807330. PMID: 3297211

Prognosis

Cutaneous Neuroendocrine Mucinous Carcinomas Are Low-grade But May Be Associated With Other Cancers.
Adkins KE, Busam K, Pulitzer M
Am J Surg Pathol 2023 Oct 1;47(10):1186-1191. Epub 2023 Aug 3 doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000002107. PMID: 37530225Free PMC Article
Sclerosing Polycystic Adenoma.
Bishop JA, Thompson LDR
Surg Pathol Clin 2021 Mar;14(1):17-24. doi: 10.1016/j.path.2020.09.004. PMID: 33526220
The morphological spectrum of salivary gland type tumours of the breast.
Foschini MP, Morandi L, Asioli S, Giove G, Corradini AG, Eusebi V
Pathology 2017 Feb;49(2):215-227. Epub 2016 Dec 30 doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2016.10.011. PMID: 28043647
Schöpf-Schulz-Passarge syndrome: further delineation of the phenotype and genetic considerations.
Castori M, Ruggieri S, Giannetti L, Annessi G, Zambruno G
Acta Derm Venereol 2008;88(6):607-12. doi: 10.2340/00015555-0547. PMID: 19002348
Salivary duct carcinoma.
Hosal AS, Fan C, Barnes L, Myers EN
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2003 Dec;129(6):720-5. doi: 10.1016/S0194-59980301386-X. PMID: 14663441

Clinical prediction guides

TRPS1 immunohistochemical expression in salivary gland tumors: A pilot study.
Tjendra Y, Kerr DA, Gomez-Fernandez C, Velez Torres JM
Am J Clin Pathol 2023 Dec 1;160(6):633-639. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqad100. PMID: 37565763
Squamous/epidermoid differentiation in normal breast and salivary gland tissues and their corresponding tumors originate from p63/K5/14-positive progenitor cells.
Boecker W, Stenman G, Loening T, Andersson MK, Berg T, Lange A, Bankfalvi A, Samoilova V, Tiemann K, Buchwalow I
Virchows Arch 2015 Jan;466(1):21-36. Epub 2014 Oct 26 doi: 10.1007/s00428-014-1671-x. PMID: 25344874
Toward a physiological approach to breast cancer prevention.
Russo J, Russo IH
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1994 Jun;3(4):353-64. PMID: 8061586
Mammary-like glands of the vulva and their disorders.
van der Putte SC
Int J Gynecol Pathol 1994 Apr;13(2):150-60. doi: 10.1097/00004347-199404000-00009. PMID: 8005737
Florid papillomatosis (adenoma) and other benign tumours of the nipple and areola.
Doctor VM, Sirsat MV
Br J Cancer 1971 Mar;25(1):1-9. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1971.1. PMID: 5581295Free PMC Article

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