title: [Pulmonary metastasis from breast cancer: a case report with 19-year disease-free interval].
abstract: We report pulmonary metastasis from breast cancer in a 59-year-old female with 19-year disease-free interval. The patient had undergone a radical mastectomy for left breast cancer 19 years ago. Chest X-ray films revealed on abnormal shadow in left upper lung field. Further examinations including bronchoscopic lung biopsy suggested primary adenocarcinoma of the lung. A left upper lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection was performed. The histological diagnosis of resected specimen was mucinous adenocarcinoma, suggesting pulmonary metastasis from breast cancer with 19-year disease-free interval. We reported our patient because of a rare case with distant metastasis after a long-term interval.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Sanatorium Nishigunma Hospital, Gunma, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamiyoshihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishita
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors