SOLITARY BREAST METASTASIS AS 1ST MANIFESTATION OF OVARIAN CARCINOID-TUMOR

Authors
FISHMAN A KIM HS GIRTANNER RE KAPLAN AL
Citation
A. Fishman et al., SOLITARY BREAST METASTASIS AS 1ST MANIFESTATION OF OVARIAN CARCINOID-TUMOR, Gynecologic oncology, 54(2), 1994, pp. 222-226
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,"Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Gynecologic oncology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00908258
Volume
54
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
222 - 226
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-8258(1994)54:2<222:SBMA1M>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Carcinoid tumor metastatic to the breast is very uncommon. The rarity of this finding may be the reason for its common misinterpretation as primary breast carcinoma. A patient with primary ovarian carcinoid tha t presented initially with a solitary breast mass is reported. A revie w of the literature discloses only 12 reported cases of carcinoid tumo r metastatic to the breast, with none of the primaries found to be the ovary. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.