Open AccessBreast cancer with inguinal node recurrence
Author(s) -
Shikha Goyal,
Tarun Puri,
Pramod Kumar Julka
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of egyptian national cancer institute/journal of the egyptian national cancer institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2589-0409
pISSN - 1110-0362
DOI - 10.1016/j.jnci.2014.10.001
Subject(s) - medicine , vulva , breast cancer , radiation therapy , involution (esoterism) , lymphatic system , cancer , chemotherapy , oncology , lymph node , surgery , pathology , politics , political science , law
Surgery and irradiation for breast cancer may interfere with conventional pathways of spread, leading to bizarre patterns of dissemination through lymphatics or through hematogenous route. Lymphoscintigraphic studies may help identify nodal involvement. Other possible reasons could be occurrence of primary breast cancer in accessory breast tissue retained in the vulva following involution of milk line. We describe a case of triple negative breast cancer, who developed contralateral breast cancer during treatment. Three years later, she developed isolated inguinal nodal metastases, which responded to local radiotherapy and chemotherapy. However, the patient relapsed after 2 years and could not be salvaged thereafter.