Maxillofacial metastasis from breast cancer

Pan Afr Med J. 2014 Oct 15:19:156. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2014.19.156.4948. eCollection 2014.

Abstract

Metastatic tumors to paranasal sinuses are exclusively rare. In this paper, we report a case of breast carcinoma metastasizing to the right maxilla. The metastasis occurred 5 years after radical mastectomy and presented as a primary sinonasal mass. The diagnosis was confirmed with histopathologic and immunohistochemical examination however the patient died before starting any specific treatment because of tumor bleeding.

Keywords: Breast cancer; maxillofacial; metastasis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Maxillary Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Maxillary Neoplasms / pathology
  • Maxillary Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / pathology
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Time Factors