Apocrine carcinomas are very rare variant of invasive breast malignancies with an incidence less than 1% in the world. In this case report, we present a 40-year-old premenopausal female diagnosed with apocrine carcinoma and its distinct Androgen Receptor (AR) positivity and triple negativity for oestrogen, progesterone, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 neu. KEYWORDSApocrine Carcinoma, Triple Negativity, Breast Malignancy. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE:Britto DD, Prasanth A, Kashyap AR, et al. Triple negative apocrine carcinoma of breast: a case report.

BACKGROUNDPeptic ulcer is quite common in our country due to intake of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, alcohol, spicy diet, smoking and a stressful lifestyle. Almost everybody harbours Helicobacter pylori within them and prone to peptic ulcer. Peptic ulcer can have disastrous complications with one of them being perforation, which is a surgical emergency. Its effects can range from severe abdominal pain to hypotension, sepsis and shock. Hence, timely intervention is absolutely mandatory. Various scoring systems have been developed to prognosticate the morbidity and mortality of perforated peptic ulcer with Boey score being the most commonly followed in various healthcare setup. We tried to determine the role of Boey score in our patients with perforated peptic ulcer and analyse its limitations.

Meckel diverticulum is a rare entity usually denoted by the rule of 2s i.e. a) 2% of population have anomaly, b) 2 inches in length, c) 2 feet from ileocaecal valve. It remains asymptomatic and can rarely undergo complication, the most common being bleeding and obstruction. Perforation is an imperceptible yet an ill-boding precarious complication, which necessitates urgent intervention.