Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Primary breast leiomyosarcoma and synchronous homolateral lung cancer: a case report

2017; AME Publishing Company; Volume: 9; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.21037/jtd.2017.10.98

2077-6624

Alberto Testori, Stefano Meroni, Emanuele Voulaz, Marco Alloisio, Rita De Sanctis, Paola Bossi, Umberto Cariboni, Matilde De Simone, Ugo Cioffi,

Breast Cancer Treatment Studies

Abstract: Radiological and histological features of breast leiomyosarcoma can mimic a wide variety of other breast lesions, such as mesenchymal tumors, breast lymphomas, poorly differentiated carcinomas and metaplastic breast carcinomas. The authors present the case of a 62-year-old woman with a primary breast leiomyosarcoma with synchronous ipsilateral lung adenocarcinoma. The latter was an incidental finding during pre-surgical staging examinations. Clinicopathological, immunophenotypic and imaging features cancer are described. A brief review of the literature on imaging findings and management of breast leiomyosarcoma is presented. The authors discuss the differential diagnoses in breast imaging and of the extra-mammary incidental findings. Surgical resection remains the cornerstone of treatment, while radiation therapy and chemotherapy remain to be defined on a single-patient basis.