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Review Case Reports
Malignant phaeochromocytoma metastasising to the breast.
- C Shaw, D M O'Hanlon, C O'Keane, and M J Kerin.
- Department of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
- Ir J Med Sci. 2003 Jan 1; 172 (1): 414241-2.
BackgroundNearly one-quarter of metastatic tumours in the breast are from an occult extramammary tumour, usually a lung carcinoma.AimTo report on a patient with a history of metastatic malignant phaeochromocytoma and a breast mass.ResultA 54-year-old female presented with a right breast mass. At the age of 32, she had presented with a phaeochromocytoma. The staining of the breast mass was comparable with that of her original adrenal tumour.ConclusionThis is the first published case of a phaeochromocytoma metastasising to the breast, and demonstrates the challenge that extramammary tumours in the breast can pose for the pathologist.
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