Subscribe to RSS
Please copy the URL and add it into your RSS Feed Reader.
https://www.thieme-connect.de/rss/thieme/en/10.1055-s-00000085.xml
Download PDF
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1986; 34(4): 258-259
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1020423
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1020423
Case Report
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Metastasis of Cancer to Cancer
A Case of Breast Carcinoma Metastasizing to a Malignant MesotheliomaFurther Information
Publication History
1986
Publication Date:
29 May 2008 (online)
PDF Download(opens in new window) Permissions and Reprints(opens in new window) All articles of this category(opens in new window)
Summary
Metastasis of cancer to cancer is exceedingly rare, the most frequent being metastasis from bronchogenic carcinoma to renal carcinoma. A case of breast carcinoma metastasizing to a fibrosarcomatous malignant mesothelioma is presented. Breast carcinoma metastasizing to another carcinoma has been reported 4 times in the past. To our knowledge no case of breast carcinoma metastasizing to a malignant mesenchymal tumor has been published. It is unknown whether metastasis of cancer to cancer is a random occurrence or is due to selective lodging, survival and growth within another malignant neoplasm.
Key words
Metastasis - Breast Carcinoma - Mesothelioma