A Case of Pleuroparenchymal
Metastasis: Rare Aetiology
Published: April 1, 2016 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/.7590
Subramanian Suriyan, Radhika Sharma, Meenakshi Narasimhan, Aruna Shanmuganathan, Adhithyan Rajendran
1. Associate Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chennai, India.
2. Post Graduate, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Chettinad Hospital & Research Institute, Chennai, India.
3. Professor & HOD, Department of Respiratory Medicine Chettinad Hospital & Research Institute, Chennai, India.
4. Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Chettinad Hospital & Research Institute, Chennai, India.
5. Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Chettinad Hospital & Research Institute, Chennai, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Subramanian Suriyan,
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E-mail: drssmani@gmail.com
A phyllodes tumour is a malignancy of both mesenchymal and epithelial origin affecting the breast. The malignant course of this breast tumour causing lung metastasis is rare. Here we report a treated case of borderline phyllodes tumour that presented with pleuroparenchymal metastasis. Our case highlights the possibility of recurrence of borderline phyllodes tumour as pleuroparenchymal metastasis even after a long disease free interval.
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