Abstract

The most common metastasis site of breast cancer are the local and distant lymph nodes, bone, lungs, liver and brain. We report a 86-year-old woman with an unusual abdominal subcutaneous metastasis of breast cancer. The patient was diagnosed with invasive lobular breast cancer and had been treated six months earlier with modified radical mastectomy. Later she presented a painless mass on the middle upper abdominal wall. She was subsequently admitted to the hospital to perform a whole body CT scan, confirming the presence of the abdominal mass in epigastric region, causing a partial compression of the stomach. Histopathological studies confirmed that the abdominal mass was a rare subcutaneous metastatic lesion of breast origin. The patient underwent a surgical intervention to remove the metastasis and she recovered fully.

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Authors

Metere A, Di Cosimo C, Chiesa C, Esposito A, Giacomelli L, Redler A

Institution

Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. alessio.metere@iss.it

Source

European review for medical and pharmacological sciences 16:4 2012 Apr pg 562-4

MeSH

Abdominal Neoplasms
Abdominal Wall
Aged, 80 and over
Breast Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Lobular
Female
Humans
Mastectomy
Metastasectomy
Soft Tissue Neoplasms
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Whole Body Imaging

Pub Type(s)

Case Reports
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22696888