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Case Reports
. 2015 May 27:13:33-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2015.05.002. eCollection 2015 Aug.

Breast cancer metastasis to the vulva 20 years remote from initial diagnosis: A case report and literature review

Natasha R Alligood-Percoco  1 , Meghan S Kessler  2 , Gregory Willis  3
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Breast cancer metastasis to the vulva 20 years remote from initial diagnosis: A case report and literature review

Natasha R Alligood-Percoco et al. Gynecol Oncol Rep. .

Abstract

•This is the 20th documented case of metastatic breast carcinoma to the vulva.•Greater than 21 years have passed from initial diagnosis to vulvar metastasis.•Existing literature supports long term surveillance in women with invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast.

Keywords: Breast cancer; Carcinoma; Lobular; Metastasis; Metastatic; Recurrence.

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Fig. 1
1993 H&E 400 ×. The mixed ductal and lobular carcinoma of the breast primary is arranged in nests and single-file cords with nuclear pleomorphism and rare mitotic activity.
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Fig. 2
2014 H&E 400 ×. The right labial mass shows focal areas of pleomorphic infiltrative carcinoma arranged in cords of single cells.
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