Metastasis of giant cell tumor to the breast: case report and review of the literature.
Breast cancer is the most common type of malignancy in women. Of all breast cancers, 0.5-3% involve metastasis of a non-breast malignancy to the breast. Metastasis of soft tissue tumors to the breast is rarely seen. In particular, metastasis of a giant cell tumor to the breast has never been reported in the literature. We present here a case of breast metastasis in a 44-year-old woman with a diagnosis of malignant giant cell tumor originating from the distal radius and metastatic to the lung, who had been treated with radiotherapy, surgery and chemotherapy.
Alacacioğlu
Ahmet
A
Institute of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey. ahmet.alacacioglu@deu.edu.tr
Bengi
Göksel
G
Oztop
Ilhan
I
Canda
Tülay
T
Balci
Pinar
P
Osma
Emine
E
Yilmaz
Uğur
U
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D008327:Mammography; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D011884:Radius; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed