1029 Unusually breast metastases

The metastasis of extra-mammary malignancy to breast is extremely rare; literature reports the incidence between 0.4-1.3%. Primary sites include the contralateral breast, leukaemia, lymphoma, malignant melanoma, sarcoma, lung, prostate, ovary, colon and the stomach. Here we present a rare case in which lung cancer was found to metastasise to the breast. Initially the patient presented with chest symptoms and a left breast lump was detected clinically. The radiological and histological investigations confirmed the diagnosis of primary lung cancer with breast metastases. Prognosis of such cases is generally poor.

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Single-fraction radiosurgery for the treatment of spinal breast metastases

Cancer ◽

10.1002/cncr.21467 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 104 (10) ◽

pp. 2244-2254 ◽

Cited By ~ 95

Author(s):

Peter C. Gerszten ◽

Steven A. Burton ◽

William C. Welch ◽

Adam M. Brufsky ◽

Barry C. Lembersky ◽

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Keyword(s):

Single Fraction ◽

Breast Metastases

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Expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors in breast metastases from malignant melanoma

European Journal of Cancer ◽

10.1016/s0959-8049(99)81932-7 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 35 ◽

pp. S373

Author(s):

F. Cappuzzo ◽

E. Comperat ◽

M. Riofrio ◽

L. Zelek ◽

M. Spielmann

Keyword(s):

Malignant Melanoma ◽

Progesterone Receptors ◽

Estrogen And Progesterone Receptors ◽

Breast Metastases

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Breast metastases in medullary carcinoma thyroid may be an indicator of disseminated disease

Saudi Surgical Journal ◽

10.4103/2320-3846.175210 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 43 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bikramjit Singh ◽

Pooja Pal ◽

Pankaj Chaturvedi ◽

Tanuja Shet

Keyword(s):

Medullary Carcinoma ◽

Breast Metastases ◽

Disseminated Disease

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Breast Metastases from Cutaneous Melanoma a Report of Three Cases

Tumori Journal ◽

10.1177/030089160008600213 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 86 (2) ◽

pp. 170-173 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Andrej Plesničar ◽

Viljem Kovač

Keyword(s):

Cutaneous Melanoma ◽

Small Subset ◽

Breast Metastasis ◽

Disease Treatment ◽

Disease Free Interval ◽

Breast Metastases ◽

Disseminated Disease ◽

The Given ◽

Disease Free ◽

Widespread Dissemination

In this report we describe three female patients with breast metastases from cutaneous melanoma (CM) who were treated in Slovenia in the period from 1988 to 1991. We found that in 476 Slovenian patients with this disease diagnosed in the given period CM disseminated to the breast less frequently than in other series. In one pregnant and one perimenopausal patient breast involvement by CM was confirmed at the time of widespread dissemination of the disease. Treatment was not effective and the survival of these patients was four months and two weeks and six months, respectively. A slightly better outcome was observed in a normally menstruating patient referred from another country with an isolated solitary breast metastasis from CM. In this patient quadrantectomy seemed to have been sufficient to achieve a disease-free interval of more than eight months. Special attention should therefore be given to a small subset of patients with isolated solitary breast metastases from CM, since their prognosis may be less dismal than in patients with massively infiltrated breasts and disseminated disease.

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Breast metastases to the neck—is there currently an evidenced-based approach in UK practice?

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ◽

10.1016/j.bjoms.2011.03.033 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 49 ◽

pp. S34-S35

Author(s):

B. Bisase ◽

C. Kerawala

Keyword(s):

Breast Metastases ◽

Evidenced Based

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Metastasis of Colon Cancer to the Breast

Case Reports in Oncology ◽

10.1159/000455225 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 77-80 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Swei H. Tsung

Keyword(s):

Colon Cancer ◽

Metastatic Disease ◽

Rare Event ◽

Clinical History ◽

Primary Cancer ◽

Breast Metastases ◽

Proper Diagnosis ◽

High Level

Breast metastases from extramammary neoplasms are extremely rare, and even more so is metastasis of colon cancer to the breast. Despite its rarity, metastatic disease to the breast is an important diagnostic issue because its treatment differs greatly from that of primary cancer. Proper diagnosis of this rare event requires an accurate clinical history, proper immunohistochemical workup, and a high level of suspicion.

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