Rectal carcinoma metastatic to the male breast after 7 years: case report.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Colorectal cancer metastasis to a mammary location is very rare.

CASE REPORT:

A 38-year-old male, who had undergone anterior resection of an advanced rectal carcinoma 7 years earlier, presented with a right mammary mass. Core needle biopsy of the mass indicated cytology consistent with breast adenocarcinoma. After neoadjuvant chemotherapy and modified radical mastectomy, pathology identified the mass as rectal carcinoma.

CONCLUSION:

The authors highlight the difficulty of making an accurate diagnosis of rectal cancer metastasis to the breast of a male.

• Authors: Ting Wang, Yong-Gang Lv, Qing-Guo Yan, Shi-Fang Yuan, Rui Ling, Jiang-Hao Chen, Lin Chen, Jun Yi, Ling Wang
• Journal: Onkologie (Onkologie) Vol. 34 Issue 10 Pg. 544-6 ( 2011) ISSN: 1423-0240 [Electronic] Switzerland
• PMID: 21985854 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Topics

• Adenocarcinoma (drug therapy, pathology, secondary, surgery)
• Adult
• Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (therapeutic use)
• Biopsy, Needle
• Breast (pathology)
• Breast Neoplasms, Male (drug therapy, pathology, secondary, surgery)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Humans
• Male
• Mastectomy, Radical
• Neoadjuvant Therapy
• Rectal Neoplasms (drug therapy, pathology, surgery)