Collision metastasis of breast and thyroid carcinoma to a single cervical lymph node: report of a case

Surg Today. 2012 Sep;42(9):891-4. doi: 10.1007/s00595-012-0172-2. Epub 2012 Apr 7.

Abstract

We herein report a rare case of collision lymph node metastases of breast and thyroid carcinomas. A 49-year-old female had undergone an extensively radical mastectomy of the right breast for inflammatory breast cancer at our hospital. Eleven months later, she presented with enlarged lymph nodes in her right lateral neck and multiple nodules in bilateral thyroid lobes. The patient underwent total thyroidectomy and radical dissection of the bilateral cervical lymph nodes. A histological examination showed multiple foci of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in the bilateral lobes. Surprisingly, concurrent metastases of breast carcinoma and PTC were shown in one of the lymph nodes from the right jugular region. This rare case of collision metastasis and the related literature are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / secondary*
  • Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Inflammatory Breast Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Inflammatory Breast Neoplasms / therapy
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology*
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Mastectomy, Radical
  • Middle Aged
  • Neck
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Thyroidectomy