Open AccessBilateral parotid gland metastasis from a breast invasive ductal carcinoma
Author(s) -
S. Ben Dhia,
Imtinène Belaid,
Wided Stita,
Makrem Hochlaf,
Faten Ezzairi,
Slim Ben Ahmed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1047_17
Subject(s) - medicine , parotid gland , ductal carcinoma , breast cancer , metastasis , mammary gland , oncology , carcinoma , metastatic breast cancer , pathology , cancer
Metastases to the parotid gland are very rare. We report the second case of bilateral metastases to the parotid gland from a breast invasive ductal carcinoma. A 50-year-old female was treated for an early left breast cancer in 2007. A pulmonary metastatic relapse was diagnosed in 2013. A metastatic skin extension required several lines of treatment from June 2014 to July 2016. Bilateral parotid gland metastases from a breast invasive ductal carcinoma were confirmed in December 2016. The patient died on May 2017 from cerebral metastases. Only 16 cases of metastasis to the parotid gland from breast cancer have been reported in the literature. Only one case had a bilateral involvement. Prognosis is poor, and there are no specific guidelines for the treatment.