Metastatic renal cell carcinoma presenting as a breast lump in a treated breast cancer patient.
Metastatic malignancy in the breast is uncommon. A 68-year-old woman with a past medical history of breast cancer presented with a lump in the opposite breast. A mammogram suggested a possible benign lump. An ultrasonography-guided core needle biopsy was taken to complete the triple assessment. The histology on the breast core biopsy showed it to be a metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Subsequent computed tomography of the abdomen confirmed a renal primary tumour. The patient was referred to the renal oncologist for palliative treatment.
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Department of Surgery, Queen Mary's Hospital, Frognal Avenue, Sidup, Kent DA14 6LT, The United Kingdom. dr_durai@yahoo.com
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D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods