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Ectopic breast cancer in the anterior chest wall: a case report and literature review

  • B.B. da Silva1,*,
  • A.R. dos Santos1
  • C.G. Pires1
  • M.A. Rosal1
  • L.G. dos Santos2
  • P.V. Lopes-Costa1

1Department of Gynecology, Brazil

2Department of Pathology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo200806653 Vol.29,Issue 6,November 2008 pp.653-655

Published: 10 November 2008

*Corresponding Author(s): B.B. da Silva E-mail: beneditoborges@globo.com

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Abstract

Ectopic breast cancer is rare and when situated in the chest wall, it is even rarer. This report describes the case of an 86-year old Brazilian woman with a palpable carcinoma, located in the right inframammary fold, and right axillary adenopathy. The patient was submitted to excision of the accessory breast and to right axillary lymphadenectomy. All 28 resected lymph nodes contained metastatic cells. Diagnosis and treatment of ectopic breast cancer should be carried out early in view of its aggressivity.

Keywords

Breast; Cancer; Ectopic; Accessory; Supernumerary; Chest wall

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B.B. da Silva,A.R. dos Santos,C.G. Pires,M.A. Rosal,L.G. dos Santos,P.V. Lopes-Costa. Ectopic breast cancer in the anterior chest wall: a case report and literature review. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2008. 29(6);653-655.

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