Successful resection of giant solitary pulmonary metastasis from a phyllodes tumor.

Ganti, Somshekar; Svennevik, Eirik; Ali, Faisal S M; Anikin, Vladimir · Ann Thorac Surg · 2007

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Phyllodes tumors are rare fibroepithelial tumors that make up less than 1% of all breast tumors. Malignant phyllodes tumors are associated with a 25% incidence of distant metastasis, which is invariably fatal within 24 months. We report successful resection of a solitary pulmonary metastasis in the left chest in a 50-year-old woman 7 years after a right-sided mastectomy for malignant phyllodes tumor.

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