Breast metastases from pancreatic and ovarian carcinoma

✍ Scribed by Henryk A. Domanski; Anna Mas-Morillas

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 54 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 8755-1039
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199908)21:2<154::aid-dc16>3.0.co;2-g

✦ Synopsis

Metastatic tumors in the breast from extramammary neoplasms are rare. In large studies, metastatic tumors involving the breast had a clinically observed rate of 0.4-2.0%. 1,2 The breast is most frequently involved by extramammary tumors of hematologic origin, followed by malignant melanoma and bronchogenic carcinomas. 1,3,4 Since the treatment of primary vs. metastatic breast malignancy is different, correct pretreatment diagnosis is very important.

We report on two cases of metastatic carcinoma in the breast, including fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) findings. In the first patient, the breast metastasis was the first manifestation of a poorly differentiated pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The second patient had a history of metastasizing ovarian carcinoma and presented with a breast mass.