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Breast cancer is rare in children and adolescents. In particular, there are very few cases of invasive ductal carcinoma in childhood. We report a case of invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast in a 14-year-old girl presenting as a palpable mass. While the tumor demonstrated a relatively benign appearance on ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging revealed typical malignant features. Several polymorphisms of single nucleotide variation were observed on gene analysis. The patient underwent breast conserving surgery and received subsequent concurrent chemo-radiation therapy. An awareness that ductal carcinoma of the breast rarely occurs in children is important to detect early stage breast cancer.
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Kim, J.Y., Kim, Y.J., Kim, S.H. et al. Invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast in a 14-year-old girl. Pediatr Radiol 44, 1446–1449 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-014-3003-3
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