Kotla Prashanth, Qiu Suimin, He Jing
School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA.
Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA.
Cureus. 2024 Feb 26;16(2):e54959. doi: 10.7759/cureus.54959. eCollection 2024 Feb.
Metastatic carcinoma infiltrating the breast from extramammary malignancies is an infrequent occurrence. Extramammary carcinomas that may be metastatic to the breast include gastrointestinal cancers, ovarian cancer, and lung cancer, among others. These metastatic lesions often pose a diagnostic challenge, resembling primary breast cancer in both clinical and radiographic presentations. The incidence of esophageal cancer metastasizing to the breast is low. Esophageal cancer more commonly spreads to locoregional lymph nodes, lungs, liver, and bone. We present a unique case where primary esophageal adenocarcinoma metastasized to the breast. Our aim is to raise diagnostic awareness by delineating the clinical and pathological findings of this exceptionally infrequent disease.
乳腺外恶性肿瘤转移至乳腺的浸润性癌并不常见。可能转移至乳腺的乳腺外癌包括胃肠道癌、卵巢癌和肺癌等。这些转移瘤常常带来诊断挑战,在临床和影像学表现上均类似原发性乳腺癌。食管癌转移至乳腺的发生率较低。食管癌更常转移至局部区域淋巴结、肺、肝和骨。我们报告了一例原发性食管腺癌转移至乳腺的独特病例。我们的目的是通过描述这种极为罕见疾病的临床和病理表现来提高诊断意识。