Intramammary metastatic melanoma of unknown primary origin in a 58-year old patient: A case report

被引：5

作者：

El-Tani Z. ^{[1
]}

Duc C. ^{[2
]}

Gluecker T. ^{[3
]}

Cottier O. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, HRC (Hôpital Riviera-Chablais), Aigle

[2] Institut d'Histocytopathologie, ICHV, Sion

[3] Service de Radiodiagnostic et de Radiologie, HRC Suisse, Aigle

来源：

Journal of Medical Case Reports | / 10卷 / 1期

关键词：

Breast cancer; Diagnosis; Melanoma; Metastatic; Therapy;

D O I：

10.1186/s13256-016-1117-y

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摘要：

Background: Malignant melanoma metastasis to the breast is a rare disease. Case presentation: We present the case of a 58-year-old postmenopausal Caucasian woman with metastatic malignant melanoma of unknown origin of the right breast. She presented with a palpable lump in the inferior quadrant of her right breast. The investigations concluded it was breast metastasis from a malignant melanoma of unknown origin. The treatment consisted of mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection. Two lymph nodes were positive for tumor cells and one showed extracapsular extension. Our patient did not receive immediate adjuvant therapy. Six weeks after the surgery, our patient presented a relapse in the right axilla (a 6 × 4 cm mass) with positive internal mammary lymph nodes and a single brain metastasis. This relapse motivated an adjuvant treatment with partial regression of the disease. Currently, our patient presents multiple metastases with poor prognosis. Conclusions: From this experience, we advocate an immediate aggressive handling of melanoma metastasis to the breast. © 2016 The Author(s).

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