A case of solitary meningeal metastasis from breast cancer after survival of 23 years long-term cancer-free

Abstract

A 69-year-old female visited our hospital with blindness in the right eye. She had a tumor in the Turkish saddle. The tumor was resected by a neurosurgeon. Pathological examination confirmed that the tumor had metastasized from breast cancer. She had a history of right breast carcinoma without any metastasis till then. Whole body examination revealed that there was no metastasis other than the Turkish saddle tumor. She received hormonal therapy with aromatase inhibitor but no radiotherapy for the Turkish saddle tumor. The tumor relapsed and caused epilepsy. The patient died from suffocation. Autopsy revealed that the metastasis was solitary.