Ileal carcinoid metastatic to the breast. Report of a case.
We report a case of ileal carcinoid which clinically presented as a primary breast carcinoma. Review of the literature demonstrated only 9 cases of carcinoids metastatic to the breast. In spite of the rarity of this event, the differential diagnosis between primary and metastatic carcinoid of the breast should be considered in view of the different clinical management of these two settings.
Di Palma
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Divisioni di Anatomia Patologica e Citologia, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milan, Italia.
Andreola
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Lombardi
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Colombo
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D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged