Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana (Jun 2021)

Bilateral breast carcinoma in visceral crisis

  • José Manuel Vela Ruiz,
  • Diana I. Ferrer-Ponce,
  • Miguel J. Sotelo,
  • Reina Bustamante –Coronado,
  • Nury León-Nué

DOI
https://doi.org/10.25176/RFMH.v21i3.3921
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 3
pp. 645 – 652

Abstract

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Bilateral breast carcinoma is rare and infrequent , it is good to define if it occurs synchronously or metachronously, to define if the lesion in the second breast is metastasis or a primary tumor using pathological criteria, the state and clinical condition . For the prognosis and specialized treatment to follow. We present the case of a patient with ECIV breast cancer due to contralateral breast metastasis in a state of visceral crisis at debut, with pathological anatomy of grade 2 infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast, absent in situ component in both breast , RE (70%) , RP (80%), Cerb2 negative, Ki67 30% in the right breast and RE (100%) RP (80%) Cerb2-Ki67 20% left breast. A chest-abdomen-pelvis tomography was performed, showing pleural effusion. bilateral and large volume ascites. It was decided to start treatment with systemic chemotherapy, reaching a complete radiological and clinical response. After achieving good control of the disease, the first hormonal line will be sought.

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