Multiple pleural metastasis from breast cancer with primary lung cancer 12years after mastectomy: report of a case

Abstract

A 72-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for surgical treatment of primary lung cancer of the right lower lobe. She had undergone a modified radical mastectomy for right breast cancer 12years earlier. Preoperative chest computed tomography showed multiple subpleural nodules in the same lobe. We performed a right lower lobectomy with lymph node dissection. Pathological examination revealed primary lung cancer (adenocarcinoma, pT1N0M0) and multiple pleural metastasis from the breast cancer in the right lower lobe. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course and is currently receiving hormonal therapy.