Rectal carcinoma metastatic to the male breast after 7 years: case report.

Onkologie

Department of Vascular and Endocrine Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, P.R. China.

Published: April 2012

Background: Colorectal cancer metastasis to a mammary location is very rare.

Case Report: A 38-year-old male, who had undergone anterior resection of an advanced rectal carcinoma 7 years earlier, presented with a right mammary mass. Core needle biopsy of the mass indicated cytology consistent with breast adenocarcinoma. After neoadjuvant chemotherapy and modified radical mastectomy, pathology identified the mass as rectal carcinoma.

Conclusion: The authors highlight the difficulty of making an accurate diagnosis of rectal cancer metastasis to the breast of a male.

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