Solitary Breast Tumour, Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis and Bone Metastasis: A Rare Presentation of Metastatic Ovarian Carcinoma
Journal Title: GUJARAT CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH JOURNAL - Year 2016, Vol 18, Issue 2
Abstract
Breast metastasis from primary ovarian carcinoma is rare occurrence with only 40 cases reported in literature till date. Accurate differentiation between extra mammary metastasis and primary breast cancer is difficult without a good clinical history as majority present with a solitary nodule and lack pathognomonic pathologic features. Also, prognosis and therapies differ significantly with ovarian metastasis to breast conferring poor prognosis. Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is extremely rare complication of ovarian cancer with sparse literature on it. We report a case of 53 year old female with stage IV ovarian carcinoma who presented initially with skeletal metastasis, and later developed breast metastasis and leptomeningeal carcinomatosis on chemotherapy.
Authors and Affiliations
Dhruva Mehta, Asha Anand, Avinash Talele, Sonia Parikh, Sandip Shah, Apurva Patel, Harsha Panchal
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