title: Tumor-to-tumor metastasis: breast cancer metastatic to thymic epithelial tumor.
abstract: Tumor-to-tumor metastasis is a rare phenomenon, with around 150 cases being reported in the literature. Breast cancer is the second most commonly reported donor tumor after lung cancer, but thymic epithelial tumors have never been reported as recipient tumors. Furthermore, the thymus is rarely affected by metastases. To our knowledge, the present report is the first case of breast cancer metastatic to thymic epithelial tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Clinical Endocrinology and Oncology, Federico II University of Naples School of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Naples, Italy. robertomoretto84@libero.it
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moretto
authors.forename: Chiara A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Cella
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Raimondo
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Formisano
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nappi
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rescigno
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buonerba
authors.forename: Filomena
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Calabrese
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ottaviano
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Lorenzo
authors.forename: Elide
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matano
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Damiano
authors.forename: Giovannella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palmieri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*