Metastatic carcinoma of breast in the hypopharynx.
We have described a case of multiple metastases in the hypopharynx found at autopsy in a 43-year-old woman with carcinoma of the breast. No symptoms related to the hypopharyngeal lesions were recorded. A metastasis, although rare, should be included in the differential diagnosis of a hypopharyngeal lesion since it may clinically mimic a benign neoplasm or primary carcinoma.
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007013:Hypopharynx; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*