Coexisting intraductal breast carcinoma and metastatic choriocarcinoma presenting as a breast mass

Identifying choriocarcinoma in breast tissue is a rare phenomenon. This report describes an unusual case of metastatic choriocarcinoma presenting as a breast mass and coexisting with an intraductal breast carcinoma. This is the first documented case of a choriocarcinoma metastatic to the breast that...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Gynecologic oncology 1991-12, Vol.43 (3), p.295-299
Hauptverfasser:	Alvarez, Ronald D., Gleason, Brian P., Gore, Hazel, Partridge, Edward E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Breast Neoplasms - pathology Breast Neoplasms - secondary Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating - pathology Choriocarcinoma - pathology Choriocarcinoma - secondary Female Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Humans Mammary gland diseases Medical sciences Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - pathology Tumors
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Zusammenfassung:	Identifying choriocarcinoma in breast tissue is a rare phenomenon. This report describes an unusual case of metastatic choriocarcinoma presenting as a breast mass and coexisting with an intraductal breast carcinoma. This is the first documented case of a choriocarcinoma metastatic to the breast that has responded to chemotherapy.
ISSN:	0090-8258 1095-6859
DOI:	10.1016/0090-8258(91)90039-8