Radiology Case Reports (Apr 2024)

A rare case of breast carcinoma metastasis into a meningioma in a 64-year-old female patient

  • Edwin Mogere, MBChB, MMed,
  • Miriam Mutebi, MBChB, MMed,
  • Allan Njau, MBChB, MMed,
  • Manel Haj Mansour, MD, MMed,
  • Joseph Abuodha, MBChB, MMed,
  • Patricia Okiro, MBChB, MMed

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 4
pp. 1519 – 1523

Abstract

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This report discusses the occurrence of tumor-to-tumor metastasis—an atypical phenomenon in oncology where a secondary malignancy develops within an existing primary tumor. The case of a 64-year-old woman is presented, who, with a history of stage II invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast treated with mastectomy and chemoradiotherapy, developed neurological symptoms indicative of a secondary brain tumor. MRI and subsequent histopathological analysis post-craniotomy confirmed a meningioma with a metastatic breast carcinoma, demonstrating the clinical importance of considering tumor-to-tumor metastasis in similar patient histories.

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