Intramammary lymph node metastasis in a patient with ovarian carcinoma and a brief review of the literature

Contemp Oncol (Pozn). 2012;16(2):108-10. doi: 10.5114/wo.2012.28789. Epub 2012 May 29.

Abstract

Metastasis from serous carcinoma of the ovary usually occurs in the subdiaphragmatic region. Metastasis to the breast and/or axillary-intramammary lymph node is very rare. It usually occurs in advanced disease, and it is important to distinguish a primary breast cancer from an ovarian cancer metastasis since the management of these two entities is totally different. Here we present a patient with metastasis to the breast and intramammary lymph nodes from ovarian serous carcinoma 25 months after diagnosis.

Keywords: intramammary; lymph node; metastasis; ovarian cancer.