Many histologic types of breast carcinoma are identified with varying clinical and biological aspects. A unique entity of breast carcinoma is mucinous carcinoma presenting with a large amount of extracellular mucin. An elderly women came to OPD with complaints of swelling in breast which was later found to be diagnosed as Mucinous/ Colloid carcinoma -breast both cytologically and histopathological examination.

Keywords: Mucinous carcinoma, breast, colloid carcinoma.

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M Mounika

Second Year Post Graduate, Department of Pathology, Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University

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