title: Breast cancer metastatic to the kidney.
abstract: We report a case of renal tumor secondary to a breast cancer occurring 16 years after radical mastectomy. This is the sixth report case of renal metastasis from breast cancer of a 51-year-old woman. Percutaneous biopsy of the renal tumor confirmed the diagnosis during the follow-up. The patient was treated with chemotherapy and is alive 8 months after diagnosis. Previously, cases like our case showed long interval from mastectomy to diagnosis of metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takehara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishikido
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanetake
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ayabe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography