Breast cancer is the most common female cancer, nevertheless it represents a rare entity in male patients; the presentation of breast cancer as a primary occult cancer in male patients is such a rare pathology that only case reports have been described. We present a 48 year old man who developed and axillary mass which resulted to be metastatic breast cancer, he was treated in the same fashion as female patients are treated.
Breast cancer is the most common female cancer, nevertheless it represents a rare entity in male patients; the presentation of breast cancer as a primary occult cancer in male patients is such a rare pathology that only case reports have been described. We present a 48 year old man who developed and axillary mass which resulted to be metastatic breast cancer, he was treated in the same fashion as female patients are treated.
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