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. 2013 Jul 5;16(3):127-30.
doi: 10.1007/s40477-013-0026-9.

Breast metastasis from clear cell renal cell carcinoma

A Botticelli  1 , G P De Francesco  1 , D Di Stefano  1
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Breast metastasis from clear cell renal cell carcinoma

A Botticelli et al. J Ultrasound. .

Abstract
in English, German

In Western countries, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, whereas metastases to the breast from extramammary malignancies are extremely rare. We present the case of a 60-year-old woman, who underwent surgery in 2007 for clear cell renal cell carcinoma and who 4 years later presented with a breast metastasis from clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Il tumore della mammella rappresenta, nei paesi occidentali, la neoplasia più frequente della donna; le metastasi mammarie da tumori extramammari, al contrario, sono estremamente rare [1, 2]. Presentiamo il caso di una donna di 60 anni, operata nel 2007 per una neoplasia del rene a cellule chiare, che 4 anni dopo l’intervento ha presentato una metastasi mammaria da neoplasia renale a cellule chiare.

Keywords: Breast metastasis; Breast ultrasound; Clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

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Neoplastic nodule with well-defined edges characterized by clear cells, intense vascularization and a central area of hemorrhage
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Neoplastic cells positive for CK10 IHC for CK10 (DAKO cl.56C6), 200×
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Elastography shows a lesion classified E4
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Power Doppler shows intense intralesional vascularization
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