Coexisting intraductal breast carcinoma and metastatic choriocarcinoma presenting as a breast mass

R D Alvarez; B P Gleason; H Gore; E E Partridge

doi:10.1016/0090-8258(91)90039-8

Coexisting intraductal breast carcinoma and metastatic choriocarcinoma presenting as a breast mass

Gynecol Oncol. 1991 Dec;43(3):295-9. doi: 10.1016/0090-8258(91)90039-8.

Authors

R D Alvarez¹, B P Gleason, H Gore, E E Partridge

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35233-7333.

PMID: 1661265
DOI: 10.1016/0090-8258(91)90039-8

Abstract

Identifying choriocarcinoma in breast tissue is a rare phenomenon. This report describes an unusual case of metastatic choriocarcinoma presenting as a breast mass and coexisting with an intraductal breast carcinoma. This is the first documented case of a choriocarcinoma metastatic to the breast that has responded to chemotherapy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Breast Neoplasms / pathology
Breast Neoplasms / secondary*
Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / pathology*
Choriocarcinoma / pathology
Choriocarcinoma / secondary*
Female
Humans
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*