Breast cancer metastatic to the kidney: Case report

The Common sites for breast cancer metastasis include bones, lungs, brain and liver. Kidney metastases from the breast are rare. We report a case of metastatic kidney cancer. A 33-year-old woman who underwent a left mastectomy at the age of 30 for breast cancer followed by pulmonary and cerebral met...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Yacoub, Aynaou, Mohammed, El Houmaidi, Amine, Mhanna, Tarek, Tombet, Craig, Barki, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7573853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33102005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101302
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Sumario:The Common sites for breast cancer metastasis include bones, lungs, brain and liver. Kidney metastases from the breast are rare. We report a case of metastatic kidney cancer. A 33-year-old woman who underwent a left mastectomy at the age of 30 for breast cancer followed by pulmonary and cerebral metastasis under chemotherapy. The CT scan revealed two right kidney lesions. He imitated a primary kidney tumor. Percutaneous kidney tumor biopsy confirmed metastases from breast cancer. Kidney surgery was avoided and treated with systemic chemotherapy.

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