[A case of resectable solitary liver metastasis from breast cancer]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2005 Oct;32(11):1798-800.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a case of resectable solitary liver metastasis from breast cancer. A 53-year-old woman underwent a pectoral muscle-preserving mastectomy for T1 N0M0 (Stage I) left breast cancer in May 2000. Histopathologic diagnosis was medullary carcinoma. Thereafter, the patient was followed up with adjuvant chemotherapy. A solitary tumor in the right lobe of the liver at S6 was found 10 months after mastectomy by ultrasonography. With a diagnosis of liver metastasis from breast cancer, right hepatectomy was performed in May 2001. At present, she remains disease free for 4 years after hepatectomy. We think that a surgical procedure for liver metastasis from breast cancer, if possible, is beneficial in prolonged survival.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Medullary / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Medullary / surgery
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Hepatectomy
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Mastectomy
  • Middle Aged