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The Case of the Missed Chest Radiograph Bilateral Mammary Gland Metastases Mimicking Multifocal Primary Breast Cancer as the Initial Manifestation of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

The Case of the Missed Chest Radiograph Bilateral Mammary Gland Metastases Mimicking Multifocal... IMAGE OF THE MONTH The Case of the Missed Chest Radiograph Bilateral Mammary Gland Metastases Mimicking Multifocal Primary Breast Cancer as the Initial Manifestation of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Giannis Mountzios, MD, PhD,* Anastasios Gyftopoulos,† Eleni Vlotinou,‡ and Nikolaos Kentepozidis, MD, PhD* 53-year-old, postmenopausal, female never smoker of time, multiple nodular lesions were observed in the left thoracic A Caucasian descent, presented with a palpable mass in her left wall, in front of the major pectoralis muscle, with the largest one breast discovered during self-examination. She had not under- corresponding to the fixed breast mass that was reported as the gone screening mammography for the last 3 years before presen- presenting sign of the patient (Fig. 3C, white arrows). A subse- tation and had no family history of breast or ovarian cancer. On quent computed tomography-guided biopsy of the thoracic mass palpation, the mass was solid and firmly attached to the thoracic confirmed the diagnosis of a poorly differentiated adenocarci- wall. Mammography of the left breast indicated the presence of a noma of the lung with a high mitotic index and a positive stain for multilobular mass measuring 3.1 × 2.8 cm in the lower-inner quad- TTF1. Morphological and immunohistochemical features of the rant and a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Thoracic Oncology Wolters Kluwer Health

The Case of the Missed Chest Radiograph Bilateral Mammary Gland Metastases Mimicking Multifocal Primary Breast Cancer as the Initial Manifestation of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Kentepozidis, Nikolaos
Journal of Thoracic Oncology , Volume 9 (11) – Nov 1, 2014
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Copyright © 2014 by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
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1556-0864
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10.1097/JTO.0000000000000265
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25436808
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IMAGE OF THE MONTH The Case of the Missed Chest Radiograph Bilateral Mammary Gland Metastases Mimicking Multifocal Primary Breast Cancer as the Initial Manifestation of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Giannis Mountzios, MD, PhD,* Anastasios Gyftopoulos,† Eleni Vlotinou,‡ and Nikolaos Kentepozidis, MD, PhD* 53-year-old, postmenopausal, female never smoker of time, multiple nodular lesions were observed in the left thoracic A Caucasian descent, presented with a palpable mass in her left wall, in front of the major pectoralis muscle, with the largest one breast discovered during self-examination. She had not under- corresponding to the fixed breast mass that was reported as the gone screening mammography for the last 3 years before presen- presenting sign of the patient (Fig. 3C, white arrows). A subse- tation and had no family history of breast or ovarian cancer. On quent computed tomography-guided biopsy of the thoracic mass palpation, the mass was solid and firmly attached to the thoracic confirmed the diagnosis of a poorly differentiated adenocarci- wall. Mammography of the left breast indicated the presence of a noma of the lung with a high mitotic index and a positive stain for multilobular mass measuring 3.1 × 2.8 cm in the lower-inner quad- TTF1. Morphological and immunohistochemical features of the rant and a

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Published: Nov 1, 2014

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