Penile cancer metastasizing to the breast: a case report
| Autor: | Riccardo Masetti, A. Mulè, Alejandro Martin Sanchez, Massimo Ferrucci, Gianluca Franceschini, Alba Di Leone, Melania Costantini, Assunta Scaldaferri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Lung Neoplasms Paclitaxel Settore MED/18 - CHIRURGIA GENERALE Penile Neoplasm 030232 urology & nephrology Case Report Deoxycytidine Penile metastases Breast Neoplasms Male 03 medical and health sciences breast cancer Fatal Outcome 0302 clinical medicine Adjuvant therapy medicine Carcinoma Humans Penile cancer Penile Neoplasms Medicine(all) Breast metastases treatment Penectomy business.industry Cancer General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Antineoplastic Agents Phytogenic Gemcitabine Primary tumor Surgery Dissection Lymphatic Metastasis 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Carcinoma Squamous Cell Disease Progression Lymph Node Excision business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Case Reports |
| ISSN: | 1752-1947 |
| Popis: | Background Penile cancer is a relatively uncommon cancer in developed nations. Metastatic disease is rare, but lymphatic or vascular spreading has been previously reported to the liver, lungs, bones, brain, heart and skin. Case presentation We report a case of a 49-year-old white man with a penile squamous cell carcinoma previously treated with partial penectomy and bilateral inguinal lymph node dissection, followed by adjuvant therapy. Three years after treatment, the primitive neoplasm metastasized to the breast, presenting as a painful lump. Differentials of a secondary versus a malignant primary tumor were considered and in view of a diagnostic dilemma the lesion was excised. Conclusions This case is unusual in its site of metastatic progression as well as in its pattern of clinical presentation. Awareness of such a condition by physicians is mandatory in order to make an early diagnosis and start prompt and correct therapeutic planning. |
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