[Lung, Lymph Nodes and Pleural Metastasis of Breast Cancer Developed Thirty-two Years after Radical Mastectomy:Report of a Case]

Kyobu Geka. 2022 Dec;75(13):1130-1134.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a case of distant metastases developed 32 years after radical mastectomy for right breast cancer. A 70s-year-old women visited the local hospital because of productive cough. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed a 10 mm nodule in the right middle lobe, multiple lymph nodes swelling and small pleural nodules. Surgical biopsy of lung and pleural tumor provides the pathological diagnosis of solid-tubular carcinoma expressing estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor, suggesting metastatic lesions of breast cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Breast Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Carcinoma* / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Mastectomy / methods
  • Mastectomy, Radical