ReviewJournal of clinical pathology2007
The histological diagnosis of metastases to the breast from extramammary malignancies.
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77 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 198 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Non-primary breast malignancies: a single institution's experience of a diagnostic challenge with important therapeutic consequences-a retrospective study.World journal of surgical oncology · 2016Trial
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- Rare metastasis of renal cell carcinoma to the breast: a case report.Oxford medical case reports · 2025Article
- From lung to breast: a rare case of metastatic lung adenocarcinoma presenting as a breast lump in a male patient.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
- The rare case of synchronous bilateral breast metastasis from a lung neuroendocrine tumor (small cell lung carcinoma): a case report and literature review.Surgical case reports · 2024Article
- Bilateral breast metastases from anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive lung cancer in a male: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2024Article
- Diagnostic challenges and individualized treatment of cervical adenocarcinoma metastases to the breast: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Article
- Placental and Breast Metastasis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in a Patient With Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis.Cureus · 2023Article
- Aggregated Molecular Phenotype Scores: Enhancing Assessment and Visualization of Mass Spectrometry Imaging Data for Tissue-Based Diagnostics.Analytical chemistry · 2023Article
- First diagnosed invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast combined with gastric metastasis and bone metastasis: a case report and review of the literature.BMC women's health · 2023Review
- Secondary Breast Malignancy from Renal Cell Carcinoma: Challenges in Diagnosis and Treatment-Case Report.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Case Report: Systemic treatment for breast and vulvar metastases from resected rectal signet ring cell carcinoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Pitfalls in breast pathology.Histopathology · 2023Review
- Breast metastasis 18 years after nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma: a case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study aims to review histological and immunohistochemical features that are useful in the diagnosis of metastases to the breast. Histological features were compared between non-haematological metastases to the breast and 100 consecutive core biopsy specimens of primary invasive carcinomas of the breast. 18 non-haematological metastases to the breast were diagnosed over a 10-year period (0.3% of malignant mammary tumours). Elastosis and carcinoma in situ were seen only in primary mammary cancers. Two-thirds of tumours had features raising the possibility of metastasis, such as clear cell carcinoma suggestive of renal origin and small cell carcinoma suggestive of pulmonary origin. The features observed in haematological metastases are also described. Immunohistochemical panels to distinguish mammary carcinoma (oestrogen receptor, gross cystic fluid protein-15) from common metastases to the breast, including carcinoma of the lung (thyroid transcription factor-1), malignant melanoma (S100, HMB45, melan-A) and ovarian serous papillary carcinoma (Wilms' tumour 1), are discussed. The pathologist has a key role in considering the diagnosis of metastasis to the breast if the histological features are unusual for a primary mammary tumour. The clinical history is vital in some cases. Immunohistochemistry plays a useful supplementary role.
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