title: [Pulmonary metastasis from breast cancer 38 years after mastectomy; report of a case].
abstract: A 76-year-old woman with a history of radical mastectomy for cancer of the right breast 38 years previously developed a solitary right lung nodule which was a metastasis from breast cancer. Diagnosis of the cause of a solitary pulmonary nodule is usually difficult in a patient with a history of extrapulmonary malignancy. A solitary pulmonary metastasis from breast cancer with a disease-free interval of longer than 15 years has been quite rarely reported. We describe an unusual case of a solitary pulmonary metastasis from breast cancer 38 years after the initial treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Okutani
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andou
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yamadori
authors.forename: Ryohei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Higashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000077384:Anastrozole; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008408:Mastectomy; D009570:Nitriles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014230:Triazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D009570:Nitriles; D014230:Triazoles; D000077384:Anastrozole