Bilateral inflammatory breast metastases of epithelial ovarian cancer

Ozguroglu M. , Ersavasti G., Ilvan S. , Hatemi G. , Demir G., Demirelli F. H.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY-CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS, cilt.22, ss.408-410, 1999 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi) identifier identifier identifier

  • Cilt numarası: 22 Konu: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 1999
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/00000421-199908000-00018
  • Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY-CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.408-410

Özet

Metastases to the breast are rare. Secondary breast involvement from an epithelial ovarian cancer heralds widespread dissemination and a very poor prognosis. We report an unusual case of a patient who had epithelial ovarian cancer and who showed signs of recurrence with inflammatory metastases to both breasts, 2 years after her diagnosis of ovarian cancer. She died within 3 months of breast involvement. Our case has unique features, with both bilateral breast metastases and also with its inflammatory pattern of metastasis, which is extremely rare.