Pulmonary metastasis from breast cancer: a case report with 19-year disease-free interval
Kamiyoshihara, M.; Hirai, T.; Kawashima, O.; Morishita, Y.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 50(3): 194-196
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 9121021 Document Number: 478939
We report pulmonary metastasis from breast cancer in a 59-year-old female with 19-year disease-free interval. The patient had undergone a radical mastectomy for left breast cancer 19 years ago. Chest X-ray films revealed on abnormal shadow in left upper lung field. Further examinations including bronchoscopic lung biopsy suggested primary adenocarcinoma of the lung. A left upper lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection was performed. The histological diagnosis of resected specimen was mucinous adenocarcinoma, suggesting pulmonary metastasis from breast cancer with 19-year disease-free interval. We reported our patient because of a rare case with distant metastasis after a long-term interval.