“An Unusual Pattern of Metastasis” Metastatic Malignant Thymoma Presented with Breast Lump: A Case Report and Literature Review
Metastatic lesions to the breast from extramammary malignant neoplasms are rare and reported account for 0.5–6.6% of all breast malignancies. Distant metastasis of thymoma is even rarer, especially to extrathoracic regions. We reported a woman with invasive malignant thymoma postneoadjuvant and rese...
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| author | Kah-Seng Khoo Kavinya Diana T. Nadesalingam Diana Bee-Lan Ong Li-Ying Teoh Mei-Sze Teh Suniza Jamaris Mee-Hoong See |
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| description | Metastatic lesions to the breast from extramammary malignant neoplasms are rare and reported account for 0.5–6.6% of all breast malignancies. Distant metastasis of thymoma is even rarer, especially to extrathoracic regions. We reported a woman with invasive malignant thymoma postneoadjuvant and resection of the thymoma, who developed breast metastasis 7 years later. Breast imaging showed high-density lesion with no intralesional microcalcifications and no significant axillary lymphadenopathy. Core biopsy and histopathology proved the lesion to be metastatic thymic carcinoma. Despite rarity, breast lumps with underlying extramammary malignancy should raise the suspicious of breast metastasis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e917e4173be84b9c8beb36a21cb0d4a12025-02-03T06:42:41ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69192023-01-01202310.1155/2023/3114843“An Unusual Pattern of Metastasis” Metastatic Malignant Thymoma Presented with Breast Lump: A Case Report and Literature ReviewKah-Seng Khoo0Kavinya Diana T. Nadesalingam1Diana Bee-Lan Ong2Li-Ying Teoh3Mei-Sze Teh4Suniza Jamaris5Mee-Hoong See6Department of SurgeryDepartment of SurgeryDepartment of PathologyBreast Surgery UnitBreast Surgery UnitBreast Surgery UnitBreast Surgery UnitMetastatic lesions to the breast from extramammary malignant neoplasms are rare and reported account for 0.5–6.6% of all breast malignancies. Distant metastasis of thymoma is even rarer, especially to extrathoracic regions. We reported a woman with invasive malignant thymoma postneoadjuvant and resection of the thymoma, who developed breast metastasis 7 years later. Breast imaging showed high-density lesion with no intralesional microcalcifications and no significant axillary lymphadenopathy. Core biopsy and histopathology proved the lesion to be metastatic thymic carcinoma. Despite rarity, breast lumps with underlying extramammary malignancy should raise the suspicious of breast metastasis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/3114843 |
| spellingShingle | Kah-Seng Khoo Kavinya Diana T. Nadesalingam Diana Bee-Lan Ong Li-Ying Teoh Mei-Sze Teh Suniza Jamaris Mee-Hoong See “An Unusual Pattern of Metastasis” Metastatic Malignant Thymoma Presented with Breast Lump: A Case Report and Literature Review Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | “An Unusual Pattern of Metastasis” Metastatic Malignant Thymoma Presented with Breast Lump: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_full | “An Unusual Pattern of Metastasis” Metastatic Malignant Thymoma Presented with Breast Lump: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | “An Unusual Pattern of Metastasis” Metastatic Malignant Thymoma Presented with Breast Lump: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | “An Unusual Pattern of Metastasis” Metastatic Malignant Thymoma Presented with Breast Lump: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_short | “An Unusual Pattern of Metastasis” Metastatic Malignant Thymoma Presented with Breast Lump: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_sort | an unusual pattern of metastasis metastatic malignant thymoma presented with breast lump a case report and literature review |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/3114843 |
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