Occult breast cancer: a case report and current management of treatment.

Occult breast cancer is a very rare type of cancer which presents with axillary lymphadenopathy with no visible mass in the breast. Advances in imaging methods (MRI, PET/CT, PET/MRI, etc.) have enabled the detection of a large number of lesions which are not visible using basic imaging methods, such as mammography and ultrasound.

Role of the radiologist during neoadjuvant systemic therapy for breast cancer.

Introduction: Neoadjuvant therapy (NT) is one of the possible oncological treatment strategies for breast cancer. Its aim is to achieve down-staging of the tumour in the breast and axilla and thus the possibility of converting mastectomy to a breast-conserving procedure, and also to allow for a less burdensome and more targeted operation of the axillary lymph nodes. The role of the radiologist is to utilise imaging procedures for precise local staging of the malignancy prior to NT, to evaluate the effect of treatment during its course and upon its completion, and to perform restaging of the cancer in the breast and axilla.

[A case of a patient with solitary prostate metastasis of the colorectal carcinoma three years after abdominoperineal amputation of the rectum].

Aim: The aim of this study is to present a case-review of a patient with an extremely rare finding of a solitary metastasis of the colorectal carcinoma in his prostate.

Methodology: A Case-Review.

Results: The study describes a case of a 42-year-old patient who underwent abdominoperineal amputation for the rectal carcinoma pT3 N1 M0 with complementary actinotherapy and chemotherapy.