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Breast injury as a manifestation of distant-metastatic ovarian cancer. A case report
Affiliations- Chair of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical Univerosty of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
- Clinical Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, City Hospital, Rzeszow, Poland
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Abstract
A 58-year-old female ovarian cancer patient was admitted to a gynecological surgery unit from a gynecological chemotherapy unit because of right lower limb vein thrombosis. During hospitalization the patient reported a major breast enlargement occurring within a few days and mentioned a breast injury occurring a month earlier. Ultrasound performed by gyne-sonologist as well as mammography and magnetic resonance imaging examinations of the left breast revealed suspected lesion. Core-needle biopsy was performed. The histopathology examination confirmed ovarian cancer to breast metastasis. Patient died due to lymphangitis carcinomatosa as the cause of respiratory failure. The case illustrates the possible sequence of ovarian cancer development ending with breast metastasis that occurs in 0.03–0.6% of all breast cancer patients.
Abstract
A 58-year-old female ovarian cancer patient was admitted to a gynecological surgery unit from a gynecological chemotherapy unit because of right lower limb vein thrombosis. During hospitalization the patient reported a major breast enlargement occurring within a few days and mentioned a breast injury occurring a month earlier. Ultrasound performed by gyne-sonologist as well as mammography and magnetic resonance imaging examinations of the left breast revealed suspected lesion. Core-needle biopsy was performed. The histopathology examination confirmed ovarian cancer to breast metastasis. Patient died due to lymphangitis carcinomatosa as the cause of respiratory failure. The case illustrates the possible sequence of ovarian cancer development ending with breast metastasis that occurs in 0.03–0.6% of all breast cancer patients.
Keywords
ovarian cancer; breast cancer; lymphangitis carcinomatosa; distant metastasis; breast ultrasound
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Breast injury as a manifestation of distant-metastatic ovarian cancer. A case report
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2022-12-02
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DOI
10.5603/GP.a2022.0149
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Keywords
ovarian cancer
breast cancer
lymphangitis carcinomatosa
distant metastasis
breast ultrasound
Authors
Pawel Topolewski
Marcin Sniadecki
Marcin Liro
Pawel Guzik
Dariusz Wydra
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