TY - JOUR
T1 - Sudden hemorrhage without skin invasion in a patient with breast cancer
T2 - a case report and literature review.
AU - Kijima, Yuko
AU - Umekita, Yoshihisa
AU - Ehi, Katsuhiko
AU - Yoshinaka, Heiji
AU - Funasako, Yawara
AU - Owaki, Tetsuhiro
AU - Yoshida, Hiroki
AU - Aikou, Takashi
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - We report a rare case of sudden hemorrhage caused by breast cancer. A 70-year-old Japanese woman noted fresh bleeding from her left breast. On physical examination, continuous hemorrhage accompanied by an open cavity was observed in the left breast. Mammography and ultrasonography revealed a well-circumscribed mass, with solid and cystic components, that was highly suggestive of intracystic breast carcinoma with direct skin invasion. Computed tomography and bone scintigraphy showed no distant metastasis. Aspiration biopsy of the lesion showed several clusters of adenocarcinoma cells. Modified radical mastectomy was performed with a presumptive diagnosis of stage III B left breast cancer. Invasive ductal carcinoma without skin invasion was diagnosed histologically. To the best of our knowledge, only 6 other cases of sudden hemorrhage caused by breast cancer without skin invasion have been reported in Japan. We review the literature and discuss the clinical characteristics of this unusual phenomenon.
AB - We report a rare case of sudden hemorrhage caused by breast cancer. A 70-year-old Japanese woman noted fresh bleeding from her left breast. On physical examination, continuous hemorrhage accompanied by an open cavity was observed in the left breast. Mammography and ultrasonography revealed a well-circumscribed mass, with solid and cystic components, that was highly suggestive of intracystic breast carcinoma with direct skin invasion. Computed tomography and bone scintigraphy showed no distant metastasis. Aspiration biopsy of the lesion showed several clusters of adenocarcinoma cells. Modified radical mastectomy was performed with a presumptive diagnosis of stage III B left breast cancer. Invasive ductal carcinoma without skin invasion was diagnosed histologically. To the best of our knowledge, only 6 other cases of sudden hemorrhage caused by breast cancer without skin invasion have been reported in Japan. We review the literature and discuss the clinical characteristics of this unusual phenomenon.
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U2 - 10.2325/jbcs.13.317
DO - 10.2325/jbcs.13.317
M3 - Article
C2 - 16929128
AN - SCOPUS:39049185237
SN - 1340-6868
VL - 13
SP - 317
EP - 321
JO - Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan)
JF - Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan)
IS - 3
ER -
