BackgroundAdenomyoepithelioma (AME) of the breast is a rare tumour of unpredictable clinical behaviour. Most of the tumours are benign with some giving local recurrences or distant metastases.Case PresentationWe report a case of late lung metastases in a woman with a history of breast adenomyoepithelioma. Partial lobectomy was performed for lung lesions and initial diagnosis was epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma.ConclusionCareful slide’s revision of both breast and pulmonary lesions showed identical microscopic appearance with lung tumour performing more malignant features. Tumour cells in both: breast and pulmonary lesions were positive for cytokeratin and EMA (epithelial cells) and also for SMA, S100 and vimentin (myoepithelial cells). Two years and 7 months follow-up showed no recurrent neoplastic disease in our patient.
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