Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA.
J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2021 Jan-Dec;9:23247096211022186. doi: 10.1177/23247096211022186.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women in North America. Hormone receptor positive (HR+) and HER2 negative (HER2-) breast cancers account for at least 60% to 70% of all breast cancer cases. They usually metastasize to lymph nodes, bones, liver, lungs, and brain. Urinary bladder is a very unusual site for metastatic HR+/HER2- breast cancer and occurs in only 2% of all metastatic disease. In this article, we present a case of a 63-year-old female with locally advanced breast cancer who underwent mastectomy, adjuvant chemotherapy, radiation, and hormonal therapy. She was in remission for almost 17 years and subsequently presented with hematuria and lower abdominal pain. Cystoscopy was performed, which showed evidence of bladder wall thickening. Histopathology showed metastatic HR+/HER2- breast cancer consistent with her history of breast primary. Imaging studies did not show any other evidence of metastatic disease. She was started on cyclin D kinase 4/6 inhibitor, palbociclib, in combination with an aromatase inhibitor, letrozole. This is an exceedingly rare case of HR+ and HER2- breast cancer with metastasis to the urinary bladder. The late onset of recurrence with bladder metastasis makes this case very unique and to our knowledge only few similar cases have been reported in the literature.
乳腺癌是北美女性最常见的癌症。激素受体阳性(HR+)和 HER2 阴性(HER2-)乳腺癌至少占所有乳腺癌病例的 60%至 70%。它们通常转移到淋巴结、骨骼、肝脏、肺部和大脑。膀胱癌是转移性 HR+/HER2-乳腺癌非常罕见的部位,仅占所有转移性疾病的 2%。在本文中,我们介绍了一例局部晚期乳腺癌的 63 岁女性患者,她接受了乳房切除术、辅助化疗、放疗和激素治疗。她已经缓解了近 17 年,随后出现血尿和下腹痛。进行了膀胱镜检查,显示膀胱壁增厚的证据。组织病理学显示转移性 HR+/HER2-乳腺癌与她的乳腺癌病史一致。影像学研究没有显示任何其他转移性疾病的证据。她开始接受细胞周期蛋白依赖性激酶 4/6 抑制剂 palbociclib 与芳香酶抑制剂 letrozole 联合治疗。这是一例极为罕见的 HR+和 HER2-乳腺癌转移至膀胱的病例。复发和膀胱转移的晚期发病使该病例非常独特,据我们所知,文献中仅报道了少数类似病例。