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Cervical cancer with breast metastasis
Ching-Ting Wei1, Cheuk-Kwan Sun2, Jen-Wei Tsai3, Chi-Feng Fu4
1 Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
3 Department of Anatomic Pathology, E-Da Cancer Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, E-Da Cancer Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Chi-Feng Fu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, E-Da Cancer Hospital, No. 21, Yida Road, Jiao-Su Village, Yan-Chao District, Kaohsiung City 824
Taiwan
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/JCRP.JCRP_14_18
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Breast metastasis from extramammary solid malignancies is rare, and cervical cancer is an especially uncommon origin. It is clinically challenging to differentiate a primary breast cancer from a metastatic lesion if the patient presents with inflammatory breast skin, axillary lymphadenopathy, and ipsilateral upper-limb lymphedema. Herein, we described the first case of cervical squamous cell carcinoma with breast metastasis presenting as an inflammatory breast lesion in Taiwan. A 41-year-old woman visited our outpatient clinic with edema of bilateral lower legs as well as a reddish left breast and indurated skin. After systemic workup, she was diagnosed as having cervical cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis and breast and multiple lymph node metastases for which she received palliative chemotherapy. However, bone metastasis developed, and she died 9 months after the diagnosis. We also reviewed relevant literature on breast metastases from an extramammary origin.
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