Breast metastasis from lung cancer:a report of two cases and literature review

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摘要 Breastmetastasisfromextra-mammarymalignancyisrare.Anincidenceof0.4%to1.3%hasbeenreportedinliterature.Theprimarymalignanciesthatmostcommonlymetastasizetothebreastareleukemia,lymphoma,andmalignantmelanoma.Inthisreport,twocasesofpulmonarymetastasistothebreastwerepresented.A40-year-oldfemalemanifestedarightbreastmassof2-monthduration.Afterphysicalexaminationwasperformed,apoorlydefinedmasswasnotedintheupperouterquadrantoftherightbreast.Another49-year-oldfemalemanifestedrightbreastmassof5-dayduration.Apoorlydefinedmasswasnotedinthelowerinnerquadrantoftherightbreast.Mammographyresultsalsorevealedbreastcancer.Thepatientsunderwentlocalexcision.Afterhistologicalandimmunohistochemicalanalyseswereconducted,aprimarylungcarcinomathatmetastasizedtothebreastwasdiagnosed.Anaccuratedifferentiationofmetastasistothebreastfromprimarybreastcancerisveryimportantbecausethetreatmentandprognosisofthetwodiffersignificantly.
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出版日期 2014年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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