title: Away from the milky way: An extremely rare case of pulmonary ectopic breast.
abstract: Ectopic breast is defined as the presence of breast tissue outside the pectoral region. In this article, we are reporting an extremely rare case of pulmonary aberrant breast tissue. A 79-years-old Caucasian woman with the history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease, presented to the emergency department for worsening dyspnea on exertion and pleuritic chest pain over the last few days. Both thoracic CT scan and the gross evaluation of tumor after its removal by thoracotomy were in favor of a soft tissue tumor such as pulmonary lipoma, whilst surprisingly the histological examinations revealed the mass to be ectopic breast tissue. Although it is extremely rare, this diagnosis should be considered in the evaluation of pulmonary masses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
authors.forename: Rahim
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mahmodlou
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Cardiology, University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States.
authors.forename: Rajkumar K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Sugumaran
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Nariman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sepehrvand
keywords: Ectopic breast; intra-thoracic; mass; pulmonary