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Malignant phaeochromocytoma metastasising to the breast
C Shaw1, D M O'Hanlon, C O'Keane
1Department of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Irish Journal of Medical Science
|May 23, 2003
Abstract
Background:
Nearly one-quarter of metastatic tumours in the breast are from an occult extramammary tumour, usually a lung carcinoma.
Aim:
To report on a patient with a history of metastatic malignant phaeochromocytoma and a breast mass.
Result:
A 54-year-old female presented with a right breast mass. At the age of 32, she had presented with a phaeochromocytoma. The staining of the breast mass was comparable with that of her original adrenal tumour.
Conclusion:
This is the first published case of a phaeochromocytoma metastasising to the breast, and demonstrates the challenge that extramammary tumours in the breast can pose for the pathologist.