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BILATERAL MAMMARY METASTASES FROM CARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE DURING OESTROGEN THERAPY
Author(s) -
Hartley L. C. J.,
Little J. H.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb87632.x
Subject(s) - mammary carcinoma , medicine , prostate , carcinoma , prostate carcinoma , prostate gland , lesion , oncology , metastasis , pathology , mammary gland , estrogen therapy , cancer , estrogen , breast cancer
The case of a man aged 62 years with bilateral mammary metastases from a prostatic carcinoma is presented. The importance of histological features in differentiating this lesion from primary carcinoma is emphasized. The ætiological implications of such a differentiation are discussed.