Metastatic Breast Carcinoma Mimicking Urothelial Carcinoma.

Autor: Shbair, Abdallah TM, Yasin, Ayse Irem, Topçu, Atakan, Coban, Ganime, Uzunoglu, Gokce Deniz, Şimşek, Melih
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Zdroj: International Journal of Surgical Pathology; Jun2022, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p466-469, 4p
Abstrakt: Besides being the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women, breast cancer is the main cause of cancer-related deaths in this group of patients. Breast cancer frequently metastasizes to bone, lung, brain, and liver. Renal metastasis from the breast is extremely rare. Here we aimed to report a case of breast cancer with metastasis to bone and left renal pelvis. A 58-year old woman with a mass lesion in the left renal pelvis that mimicked urothelial carcinoma was referred to our clinic. The left nephroureterectomy procedure was performed, and the pathology revealed that a renal pelvis metastasis secondary to breast cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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