Sabaté-Ortega Josep, Ribera-Montserrat Anna, Del Barco Sonia, Roqué-Lloveras Ariadna, Fort-Culillas Roser, Carmona-García M Carme, Liñan Raquel, Polonio-Alcalá Emma, Carbó-Vilavedra Gerard, Ramos-Oliver Irma, Bujons-Buscarons Elisabet, Montañés-Ferrer Claudia, Viñas Gemma, Pla-Juher Helena
Department of Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Dr. Josep Trueta University Hospital, Girona, Spain.
Precision Oncology Group (OncoGIR-Pro), Girona BiomedicaI Research Institute (IDIBGI-CERCA), Salt, Spain.
Front Oncol. 2025 Aug 20;15:1595513. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1595513. eCollection 2025.
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare and aggressive breast cancer type, accounting for 5-7% of breast cancer-related deaths, and its bilateral involvement is exceedingly uncommon. We report a case of metachronous bilateral IBC in a 50-year-old premenopausal woman with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, offering novel insight into the diagnostic, therapeutic, and molecular challenges of this condition. The patient initially presented with acute right breast erythema, skin thickening, and , followed by contralateral breast involvement with similar symptoms. Disease progression occurred with changes in receptor status and eventual loss of hormone receptor (HR) expression. The initial diagnosis was stage IIIB HR-positive/HER2-negative IBC. The patient underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy, surgery, adjuvant radiotherapy, and endocrine therapy. However, the patient experienced a contralateral recurrence after 11 months of disease-free survival. Subsequent management involved multiple systemic therapies, including targeted therapy after next-generation sequencing analysis revealed a mutation. Although some clinical benefit was achieved, the disease continued to progress. Ultimately, the patient passed away four years after the initial diagnosis. This case underscores the aggressive and recurrent nature of bilateral IBC, its diagnostic complexity, and the importance of molecular profiling in guiding targeted treatment. It highlights the need for clinical vigilance, timely reassessment of tumor biology, and individualized multimodal care in managing rare and evolving presentations of IBC.
炎性乳腺癌(IBC)是一种罕见且侵袭性强的乳腺癌类型,占乳腺癌相关死亡病例的5%-7%,双侧受累极为罕见。我们报告一例50岁患有夏科-马里-图斯病的绝经前女性发生的异时性双侧IBC病例,为这种疾病的诊断、治疗和分子挑战提供了新的见解。患者最初表现为右乳急性红斑、皮肤增厚,随后对侧乳房出现类似症状。疾病进展伴随着受体状态的变化以及激素受体(HR)表达的最终丧失。初始诊断为IIIB期HR阳性/HER2阴性IBC。患者接受了新辅助化疗、手术、辅助放疗和内分泌治疗。然而,患者在无病生存11个月后出现对侧复发。后续治疗包括多种全身治疗,包括在下一代测序分析发现一种 突变后进行靶向治疗。尽管取得了一些临床疗效,但疾病仍继续进展。最终,患者在初始诊断四年后去世。该病例强调了双侧IBC的侵袭性和复发性、其诊断复杂性以及分子谱分析在指导靶向治疗中的重要性。它凸显了在管理IBC罕见且不断演变的表现时临床警惕、及时重新评估肿瘤生物学以及个体化多模式治疗的必要性。