Eswari Varadharajan - Dept. of Pathology, Meenakshi Medical College Hospital & Research Institute, Enathur, Near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Shanmuga Priya - Dept. of Pathology, Meenakshi Medical College Hospital & Research Institute, Enathur, Near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Geetha Prakash - Dept. of Pathology, Meenakshi Medical College Hospital & Research Institute, Enathur, Near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Archana Mugundan - Dept. of Pathology, Meenakshi Medical College Hospital & Research Institute, Enathur, Near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu

Mucinous carcinoma of the breast is a well-differentiated type of adenocarcinoma accounting for 2-5% of all breast cancers.Pure mucinous carcinoma of the breast has a favorable prognosis, usually seen in post-menopausal women.Neuroendocrine differentiation has been described in both in-situ and infiltrating breast cancers.Mucinous carcinomas of the breast appear to have the greatest association with neuroendocrine differentiation.Chromogranin A and synaptophysinare specific immunohistochemical markers of neuroendocrine differentiation. Wereporta case of mucinous carcinoma of the breast with neuroendocrine differentiation in a 67-year-old female who was treated surgically in a classical manner.

Breast, Mucinous Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine Differentiation