Male breast metastases from nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A case report and literature review.
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is known for its high rate of regional lymph node and distant metastasis. However, NPC rarely metastasizes to the breast and, to the best of our knowledge, only four well-documented cases of breast metastasis have previously been reported in the literature, all of which are female. A 49-year-old male was diagnosed with NPC and developed a right breast mass five months later. Breast fine needle aspiration confirmed an abundance of metastatic squamous cells within the thickened tissue. The current study presents the first male case of breast metastases from NPC to broaden the clinical database.
Division of Oncology, Graduate Department, Weifang Medical College, Weifang, Shandong 261031, P.R. China.
Ning
N
Liang
Division of Oncology, Graduate Department, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, Shandong 250012, P.R. China.
Jian
J
Xie
Department of Radiation Oncology, Qianfoshan Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Fengjun
F
Liu
Department of Radiation Oncology, Qianfoshan Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Deguo
D
Xu
Department of Radiation Oncology, Qianfoshan Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Xinshuang
X
Yu
Department of Radiation Oncology, Qianfoshan Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Yuan
Y
Tian
Department of Radiation Oncology, Qianfoshan Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Meijuan
M
Song
Department of Radiation Oncology, Qianfoshan Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Jiandong
J
Zhang
breast; male; metastasis; nasopharyngeal carcinoma