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A Serous Peritoneal Cancer Revealing Itself With Double Breast Cancer Metastases in 2 Different Periods

A Serous Peritoneal Cancer Revealing Itself With Double Breast Cancer Metastases in 2 Different... A 72-year-old woman presented with a mass on the right axilla. This was thought to be an occult breast cancer case, and the patient was treated with modified radical mastectomy, followed by hormonotherapy. Two years later she presented with incarcerated umbilical hernia. Pathology revealed Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule inside the hernia sac. Further evaluation revealed that the primary tumor was papillary serous carcinoma of the peritoneal surface. The patient received adjuvant chemotherapy. Two years later the metastatic tumor was located on the other breast. The disease progressed gradually, and the patient eventually died from disseminated disease. This case is extraordinary in that it first presented with axillary metastasis without abdominal involvement and then later metastasized to the other breast after a long disease-free period. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology Wolters Kluwer Health

A Serous Peritoneal Cancer Revealing Itself With Double Breast Cancer Metastases in 2 Different Periods

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Publisher
Wolters Kluwer Health
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
ISSN
1541-2016
eISSN
1533-4058
DOI
10.1097/PAI.0000000000000478
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Abstract

A 72-year-old woman presented with a mass on the right axilla. This was thought to be an occult breast cancer case, and the patient was treated with modified radical mastectomy, followed by hormonotherapy. Two years later she presented with incarcerated umbilical hernia. Pathology revealed Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule inside the hernia sac. Further evaluation revealed that the primary tumor was papillary serous carcinoma of the peritoneal surface. The patient received adjuvant chemotherapy. Two years later the metastatic tumor was located on the other breast. The disease progressed gradually, and the patient eventually died from disseminated disease. This case is extraordinary in that it first presented with axillary metastasis without abdominal involvement and then later metastasized to the other breast after a long disease-free period.

Journal

Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular MorphologyWolters Kluwer Health

Published: Jan 1, 2019

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