Breast metastasis from a renal cell cancer

BACKGROUND: Metastases to the breast from extramammary tumours are uncommon, and metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the breast is extremely rare. We report a metastasis to the breast from a renal primary with the radiological and histopathological features. CASE PRESENTATION: An 81-year-old lady was...

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Autores principales: Alzaraa, Ahmed, Vodovnik, Aleksandar, Montgomery, Hugh, Saeed, Mohammed, Sharma, Narinder
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1820595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17335579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-5-25
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Metastases to the breast from extramammary tumours are uncommon, and metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the breast is extremely rare. We report a metastasis to the breast from a renal primary with the radiological and histopathological features. CASE PRESENTATION: An 81-year-old lady was seen in the breast clinic for a right breast mass after sustaining a fall. Clinical examination and investigations revealed a metastatic cancer from a renal primary. She received surgical treatment only and is under regular follow-up in the oncology clinic. CONCLUSION: The treatment strategy for metastatic breast diseases is based on a proper assessment of such cases by surgeons, radiologists and histopathologists.

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