DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e31820b4e19

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PMID: 21412125

Issn Print: 0885-3177

Publication Date: 2011/04/01


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Atypical Lung Carcinoid Metastasis to Breast: A Case Report

Jacqueline J. Choi; Kerri E. Buch; Richard R.P. Warner; Celia M. Divino

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Author Information: Division of General Surgery Department of Surgery Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY

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To the Editor:
Breast metastasis from an extramammary primary tumor is a rare phenomenon. Although primary breast cancers are the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women, metastasis to the breast only accounts for 1.3% to 2.7% of all breast malignancies.1 The most common sources of primary tumors are hematopoietic neoplasms, malignant melanomas, and lung carcinomas.2 There have been fewer than 500 documented cases in the last century, with most being single case studies.

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