title: Metastases to the breast from extramammary malignancies.
abstract: Metastases to the breast from all other primary sites are unusual. Twelve female patients were diagnosed between 1971 and 1985 at S. Chiara Hospital-Trento. The majority of these metastases were from malignant melanoma (5) and ovarian cancer (3). In 1 case the lesion was the first sign of malignant disease (adenocarcinoma of the kidney). The development of a breast metastasis is revealed, in our experience, as a negative prognostic factor. Recognition of these lesions as being metastatic is useful in avoiding unnecessary radical operative procedures.
authors.affiliation: Oncology Center, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amichetti
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Perani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged