Secondary malignancy metastatic to the breast is uncommon with an incidence of 0.5% to 3% of patients with extramammary malignancy. Here, an intriguing, rare case with metastasis to the breast from squamous cell lung carcinoma is reported. A 48-year-old women suffered from chronic cough with sputum for two months. The histological diagnosis, a achieved by bionchoscopic biopsy was squamous cell ...

UNLABELLED Metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the gallbladder is extremely rare, with reported frequencies of less than 0.6% in large autopsy reviews. Only 40 cases were reported in the literature. We report a first case of gallbladder polypoid tumor revealing metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma, which demonstrates the importance of radiological tests, histology and immunohistochemistry ...

BACKGROUND Metastatic extraorbital sebaceous carcinoma is a rare event that could involve the head and neck. The treatment of choice for the initial stage of the disease is surgery and/or radiotherapy. The treatment of recurrent or advanced disease is still controversial. MATERIAL AND METHODS Extensive literature search was done, and the treatment options are discussed. RESULTS Results. The...

BACKGROUND Renal cell carcinoma metastasizing to rectum is very rare, and the unusual metastatic sites should be paid attention to during the follow-up of renal cell carcinoma. CASE SUMMARY We describe a case of a 65-year-old male who was diagnosed with metastatic renal cell carcinoma to rectum 10 years after the right radical nephrectomy. Histopathology and immunohistochemical examinations c...

Squamous cell carcinoma of the foot is rare. A case report of occurrence of metastatic squamous carcinoma of the foot with resemblance to verrucous type in an elderly female is presented. This metastatic lesion developed four years after excision of primary squamous cell carcinoma from the left thigh. The patient presented with a painful, exophytic, ulcerated mass on the foot of four months' du...

To cite: Holton J, Chapman G. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013202839 DESCRIPTION An 82-year-old woman with a medical history of breast carcinoma presented with fatigue and failure to cope at home. Widespread malignant disease was found, including multiple cutaneous lesions and pulmonary metastases. Following review from the local oncology unit,...

The purpose of this study is clarify the changes in histological grade between primary and metastatic lesions in renal cell carcinoma. A tota of 100 cases of renal cell carcinoma and their metastases were compared respectively. In 31 (31%) of the cases observed, metastatic lesions were observed to have higher grade of malignancy when compared to primary lesions. In 59 (59%) of the cases, metast...

The distinction between primary lung adenocarcinoma and metastatic breast carcinoma in patients with a history of breast cancer is difficult by frozen section (FS) analysis. Our experience with 129 FSs from 121 patients with a pulmonary nodule and a history of breast cancer was reviewed. The pretest odds ratio of primary pulmonary carcinoma/metastatic breast carcinoma was 2.6. The incidence of ...

A 67-year-old woman who was presented to the gynecologist with a two-month history of heavy vaginal bleeding, after an excisional biopsy of vulvar mass, was diagnosed with the right colon adenocarcinoma metachronous metastasis to the vulva. Pathological examination preliminarily revealed by primary adenosquamous carcinoma of vulva. The original submitting pathologist and gynecologist were conta...