Ozgüroğlu M, Ersavaşti G, Ilvan S, Hatemi G, Demir G, Demirelli F H
Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Istanbul University, Turkey.
Am J Clin Oncol. 1999 Aug;22(4):408-10. doi: 10.1097/00000421-199908000-00018.
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.