Metastatic Breast Carcinoma Mimicking Urothelial Carcinoma. (June 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shbair, Abdallah TM; Yasin, Ayse Irem; Topçu, Atakan; Coban, Ganime; Uzunoglu, Gokce Deniz; Şimşek, Melih
• Is Part Of: International journal of surgical pathology. Volume 30:Number 4(2022)
• Page Start: 466
• Page End: 469
• Publication Date: 2022-06
• Subjects: breast cancer -- metastasis -- nephroureterectomy -- renal pelvis; Pathology, Surgical -- Periodicals; 617.07
• DOI: 10.1177/10668969211067923
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1066-8969

Abstract

Besides being the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women, breast cancer is the main cause of cancer-related deaths in this group of patients. Breast cancer frequently metastasizes to bone, lung, brain, and liver. Renal metastasis from the breast is extremely rare. Here we aimed to report a case of breast cancer with metastasis to bone and left renal pelvis. A 58-year old woman with a mass lesion in the left renal pelvis that mimicked urothelial carcinoma was referred to our clinic. The left nephroureterectomy procedure was performed, and the pathology revealed that a renal pelvis metastasis secondary to breast cancer.