title: A rare coincidence: facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and breast cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is an autosomally inherited neuromuscular disorder and may be associated with increased cancer risk.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 69-year old female admitted to hospital with complaint of left axillary mass who had diagnosis of FSHD in her adulthood period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Bilateral breast cancer diagnosis was made and the patient underwent bilateral mastectomy. Following the operation, adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy performed and hormonal therapy started.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The patients with congenital muscular dystrophy might have an increased risk of malignancy. We consider that some genetic alterations in FSHD might have contributed to the development of bilateral breast cancer in our patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara 06230, Turkey.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yazici
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Ankara 06230, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara 06230, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara 06230, Turkey.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sendur
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara 06230, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara 06230, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zengin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020391:Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis