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AI InsightThis case was determined to be worthy of presentation due to the fact that the histological diagnosis of metastatic tumours can be more difficult than of primary breast cancers and that metastasis of malignant melanoma to breast is rarely seen.
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Abstract
Metastasis of a malignant melanoma or any other type of tumour to the breast is rarely seen. A 70-year-old female patient came to the breast clinic due to a mass in her right breast. The case did not have any known history of malignincy. After the initial incisional biopsy, a right modified radical mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection were performed. On the cut surface, a yellow to pink, solid and well-circumscribed tumoural lesion with a maximum diameter of 8 cm was observed. Given its histopathological and immunohistochemical attributes, the case was diagnosed as metastatic malign melanoma involving breast and ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes. This case was determined to be worthy of presentation due to the fact that the histological diagnosis of metastatic tumours can be more difficult than of primary breast cancers and that metastasis of malignant melanoma to breast is rarely seen.
Özet
Memeye malign melanom veya başka herhangi bir tümörün metastazı nadir olarak görülür. Yetmiş yaşında bayan hasta, sağ memesinde kitle yakınmasıyla meme kliniğine başvurdu. Olgunun bilinen bir malignite öyküsü yoktu. Önce insizyonel biopsi alındı, ardından sağ modifiye radikal mastektomi ve aksiller lenf nodu diseksiyonu yapıldı. Mastektomi materyalinin kesit yüzünde en büyük çapı 8 cm olan, sarı pembe renkli, solid, iyi sınırlı tümöral lezyon görüldü. Histopatolojik ve immunohistokimyasal özellikleriyle olgu, meme ve aksiller lenf nodlarında metastatik malign melanom olarak değerlendirildi. Bu olgu, metastatik tümörlerin histolojik tanısı primer meme kanserlerinden daha zor olabildiği ve memeye malign melanom metastazı nadir görüldüğünden sunulmaya değer bulunmuştur.