Metastatic breast disease 40 years after the initial diagnosis.
This is the case of a patient with metastatic disease diagnosed 40 years after a radical mastectomy which was followed by radiation treatment for breast cancer. The patient had nonspecific symptoms for 3 years, and a lymph node biopsy revealed the underlying cause to be recurrent breast cancer. Excision of the largest metastases combined with chemotherapy resulted in a further 3-year remission.
Pikoulis
E
E
Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
Varelas
P N
PN
Lechago
J
J
Papaconstantinou
C
C
Asimacopoulos
P J
PJ
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local