Successful resection of giant solitary pulmonary metastasis from a phyllodes tumor.
Phyllodes tumors are rare fibroepithelial tumors that make up less than 1% of all breast tumors. Malignant phyllodes tumors are associated with a 25% incidence of distant metastasis, which is invariably fatal within 24 months. We report successful resection of a solitary pulmonary metastasis in the left chest in a 50-year-old woman 7 years after a right-sided mastectomy for malignant phyllodes tumor.
Ganti
Somshekar
S
Department of Thoracic Surgery, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom. gantisom@hotmail.com
Svennevik
Eirik
E
Ali
Faisal S M
FS
Anikin
Vladimir
V
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D003557:Phyllodes Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary