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Bilateral Breast Metastases from Vulvar Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

Vulvar carcinoma is a rare disease that accounts for 3–5% of all gynecologic malignancies. Breast represents an unusual site of metastasis and only a few cases are reported. We describe the first case of bilateral metastatic breast carcinoma of vulvar origin, at an 80-year-old female patient. Six mo...

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Autores principales: Papatheodorou, D. C., Liakou, C. G, Kalogerakos, K., Dimopoulos, Johannes Carl Athanasios, Kalinoglou, N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5405401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28487793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1357203
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author Papatheodorou, D. C.
Liakou, C. G
Kalogerakos, K.
Dimopoulos, Johannes Carl Athanasios
Kalinoglou, N.
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description Vulvar carcinoma is a rare disease that accounts for 3–5% of all gynecologic malignancies. Breast represents an unusual site of metastasis and only a few cases are reported. We describe the first case of bilateral metastatic breast carcinoma of vulvar origin, at an 80-year-old female patient. Six months after treatment of her primary disease, she presented with bilateral metastatic squamous cell breast carcinoma. Diagnosis was based on clinical, radiological, and histological facts. Breast although rare is another potential site of metastasis in vulvar cancer and thus mammary gland examination should be considered in the follow-up of these patients. Differential diagnosis between primary and metastatic lesions is of utmost importance for appropriate management.
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spelling pubmed-54054012017-05-09 Bilateral Breast Metastases from Vulvar Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review Papatheodorou, D. C. Liakou, C. G Kalogerakos, K. Dimopoulos, Johannes Carl Athanasios Kalinoglou, N. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Vulvar carcinoma is a rare disease that accounts for 3–5% of all gynecologic malignancies. Breast represents an unusual site of metastasis and only a few cases are reported. We describe the first case of bilateral metastatic breast carcinoma of vulvar origin, at an 80-year-old female patient. Six months after treatment of her primary disease, she presented with bilateral metastatic squamous cell breast carcinoma. Diagnosis was based on clinical, radiological, and histological facts. Breast although rare is another potential site of metastasis in vulvar cancer and thus mammary gland examination should be considered in the follow-up of these patients. Differential diagnosis between primary and metastatic lesions is of utmost importance for appropriate management. Hindawi 2017 2017-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5405401/ /pubmed/28487793 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1357203 Text en Copyright © 2017 D. C. Papatheodorou et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bilateral Breast Metastases from Vulvar Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review
title Bilateral Breast Metastases from Vulvar Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Bilateral Breast Metastases from Vulvar Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Bilateral Breast Metastases from Vulvar Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Breast Metastases from Vulvar Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Bilateral Breast Metastases from Vulvar Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort bilateral breast metastases from vulvar carcinoma: a case report and literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5405401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28487793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1357203
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