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VILLAFUERTE DELGADO, Dianarelys; RODRIGUEZ INFANZóN, Olga  y  SANCHEZ ABDALA, Rubén. Breast Cancer in Men. Case report. Rev. Finlay [online]. 2016, vol.6, n.3, pp. 251-255. ISSN 2221-2434.

Breast cancer in men is a rare and infrequent disease, which occurs in a very small proportion with respect to different types of cancers. Such entity is the 0.2 to 1.5 % of all malignant tumors in men. Imaging studies have a very precise diagnostic value in these entities. It is presented the case of a male patient with apparent healthy history who comes the consultation due to palpating a "ball" in the left breast, this patient went to the Imaging Department for conducting a mammography as well performing a study with oblique craniocaudal views and a middle lateral of both nipples. Breast ultrasonography showed a nodular, homogeneous image. It was made a referral to multidiscipline breast consultation with surgical possibilities for the tumor. Due to the infrequent appearance of this entity in men, it is decided to make this case report.

Palabras clave : breast neoplasms male; case reports.

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