title: Successful resection of giant solitary pulmonary metastasis from a phyllodes tumor.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom. gantisom@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Somshekar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ganti
authors.forename: Eirik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Svennevik
authors.forename: Faisal S M
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Anikin
mesh_terms: 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