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Enow-Orock George Enownchong, Egbe Obinchemti Thomas, Achidi Eric Akum, Asonganyi Etienne Defang, Ndom Paul, Fongang Emmanuel, Ndumbe Peter. Bilateral invasive lobular breast cancer in a female teenager: a rare finding of a common disease - case report and review of literature. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2010;6:2 Key words: Cancer, bilateral, lobular, carcinoma, teenager, rare Permanent link: http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/6/2/full Received: 11/05/2010 - Accepted: 17/07/2010 - Published: 19/07/2010 © Enow-Orock George Enownchong et al. The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Bilateral invasive lobular breast cancer in a female teenager: a rare finding of a common disease - case report and review of literature
Enow-Orock George Enownchong1,& , Egbe Obinchemti Thomas2, Achidi Eric Akum2, Asonganyi Etienne Defang3, Ndom Paul4, Fongang Emmanuel5, Ndumbe Peter2
1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Buea, Pathology Service, General Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 2Department of Medicine, University of Buea, South-West Region, Cameroon, 3 District Hospital, Kumba, South-West region, Cameroon, 4 Medical Oncology service, General Hospital Yaoundé, Cameroon, 5 Radiology service, General Hospital Yaoundé, Cameroon
&Corresponding author
Enow-Orock George, Pathology Service, General Hospital, BP 5408, Telephone: 237-7771-6045, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Abstract
Management of cancer patients in low-resource communities presents enormous challenges. Breast cancer is a public health problem in Cameroon and occurs mostly in elderly women. The predominant histological type is a duct carcinoma. Lobular carcinoma in teenagers is rare.
In this report we present a case of bilateral invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast that was confirmed on biopsies in a 22-year-old female. We present this rare finding and review the pathological, clinical and radiographic challenges of the disease. Nodules in the breast from patients of any age should be submitted for histology. Public education is beneficial and should be intensified.
