Open AccessBreast carcinoma metastasized to vestibular schwannoma: A rare case of tumor‐to‐tumor metastasis and literature review
Author(s) -
Lua BoonKee,
Lieu AnnShung,
Hwang ShiuhLin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.439
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2410-8650
pISSN - 1607-551X
DOI - 10.1016/j.kjms.2012.02.007
Subject(s) - medicine , schwannoma , metastasis , vestibular system , breast tumor , pathology , oncology , radiology , breast cancer , cancer
Tumor‐to‐tumor metastasis is a well‐recognized phenomenon. However, cerebellopontine angle tumor, especially vestibular schwannoma, is a rare location of metastasis, with only six cases being reported previously in English‐language literature reviews. We report a case of a 57‐year‐old woman with underlying breast cancer (T2N3M1, stage IV) who presented with unilateral facial tics, paresthesia and hearing loss, who turned out to have vestibular schwannoma with adenocarcinoma metastasis.