Open AccessA Case of Pleuroparenchymal Metastasis: Rare Aetiology
Author(s) -
Subramanian Suriyan,
Radhika Sharma,
N. Meenakshi,
Aruna Shanmuganathan,
Adhithyan Rajendran
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/16532.7590
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , metastasis , etiology , lung , pathology , cancer
A phyllodes tumour is a malignancy of both mesenchymal and epithelial origin affecting the breast. The malignant course of this breast tumour causing lung metastasis is rare. Here we report a treated case of borderline phyllodes tumour that presented with pleuroparenchymal metastasis. Our case highlights the possibility of recurrence of borderline phyllodes tumour as pleuroparenchymal metastasis even after a long disease free interval.