Urol. praxi. 2024;25(4):229-232 | DOI: 10.36290/uro.2024.078

Renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the breast

MUDr. Paulína Kubalcová1, MUDr. Elena Loumová1, MUDr. Michaela Uhrinová Vukušičová2
1 Rádiodiagnostické oddelenie, Nemocnica AGEL Levoča, a. s.
2 Oddelenie urológie, Fakultná nemocnica s poliklinikou J. A. Reimana, Prešov

While breast cancer represents the most common form of malignancy in women, breast metastases associated with extramammary malignancies are very rare. Meta­static breast tumors account for less than 1 % of all breast malignancies, with the majority originating in the contralateral breast. Although the renal cell carcinoma is the most common form of cancer of the urogenital tract, only a few cases of breast metastases have been described. We present a case report of a woman with synchronous metastasis in the breast in 2016. 6 years after nephrectomy was developed metachronic metastasis in the same breast. The patient is free of metastases apart from non-specific lung nodules and metastatic involvement of the 7th rib on the right. The aim is to raise awareness of breast metastases originating from extramammary malignancies and to emphasize the advantages of imaging methods such as mammography and ultrasonography in the diagnosis of breast lesions.

Keywords: metastasis, renal cell carcinoma (RCC), ultrasound, mammography, breast.

Accepted: November 11, 2024; Published: November 25, 2024  Show citation

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Kubalcová P, Loumová E, Uhrinová Vukušičová M. Renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the breast. Urol. praxi. 2024;25(4):229-232. doi: 10.36290/uro.2024.078.
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