Secretory carcinoma is one of the least common forms of breast cancer, and demonstrates distinctive pathologic
and clinical characteristics. We herein report a case of secretory carcinoma of the
breast in a 3-year-old girl with a particular emphasis on the use of fine needle aspiration
as a diagnostic tool to differentiate this entity from abnormal thelarche.
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Accepted:
January 31,
2004
Seoul, Republic of KoreaIdentification
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