Breast lump—an unusual presentation of renal cell carcinoma

Gibbons, Charles; Lewi, Henry; Kashif, K.M.

doi:10.1111/j.1464-410x.1995.tb07846.x

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“…In the literature to date there have been four isolated reports of undetected renal carcinoma presenting with a solitary unilateral breast lump; 10–13 however, this is the first case where a patient has had bilateral metastatic disease from an undetected renal carcinoma. Metastatic disease to the breast is usually a feature of advanced disease and is frequently a sign of widespread haematogenous dissemination.…”

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Bilateral Breast Metastases From a Renal Carcinoma

Heggarty

McCusker

Clements

1998

Int J Clinical Practice

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Metastatic involvement of the breast is rare. The commonest cause is spread from a contralateral breast carcinoma. However, metastatic malignant melanoma, lymphoma and lung carcinoma have all been reported sporadically in the literature. Renal carcinoma is well recognised for its protean clinical manifestations ranging from loin pain, haematuria and an abdominal mass to less Obvious metastatic effects such as pathological fracture of a long bone or one of a variety of associated paraneoplastic syndromes. We present a case of a renal carcinoma presenting with bilateral breast masses with literature review, and discuss the efficacy of the standard gamut of investigations in a breast mass of non-primary origin.

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confidence: 91%