Les métastases mammaires : étude anatomoclinique de six cas

Breast metastases from extra-mammary cancers: A report of 3 challenging cases and literature review

“…In general, histological features combined with immunohistochemical analysis facilitate the differentiation of breast lesions as primary or metastatic in origin [17] . In most cases, tissue abnormalities on histological study do not resemble primary breast carcinoma, often providing valuable clues about the nature and location of the primary tumor.…”

“…In the majority of cases, palliative chemotherapy is the recommended treatment, either alone or in conjunction with local radiotherapy, depending on the primary tumor type [19] . Unlike primary breast cancer, mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection offer no benefit in treating metastatic breast cancer [17] . In the absence of other metastases, lumpectomy with excision of metastatic adenopathy can be considered [2] .…”

Management of the Case of a Young Female Patient with Multiple Malignancies and Germline R24P CDKN2A Gene Mutation

“…Although the metastatic spread to the pancreas or the breast are rare events [15,16], this possibility must have been taken into consideration during the management of the case. The diagnosis of each primary malignancy was carefully obtained using various imaging and pathological methods as described in detail previously [5].…”