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DOI: 10.20517/2394-4722.2018.80 Metastasis and Treatment

Case Report Open Access

Microinvasive breast cancer with supraclavicular
lymph node and ovarian metastasis as clinical

findings: a rare case report

Sefa Kurt , Hikmet Tunc Timur , Hasan Bahadır Saatli , Ali Ibrahim Sevinc , Emine Çagnur Ulukus 3
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1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir 35340, Turkey.
2 Department of General Surgery, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir 35340, Turkey.
3 Department of Pathology, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir 35340, Turkey.
Correspondence to: Dr. Hikmet Tunc Timur, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir 35340,
Turkey. E-mail: tunctimur@gmail.com

How to cite this article: Kurt S, Timur HT, Saatli HB, Sevinc AI, Ulukus EÇ. Microinvasive breast cancer with supraclavicular
lymph node and ovarian metastasis as clinical findings: a rare case report. J Cancer Metastasis Treat 2019;5:8.
http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2394-4722.2018.80

Received: 27 Nov 2018 First Decision: 25 Dec 2018 Revised: 10 Jan 2019 Accepted: 22 Jan 2019 Published: 19 Feb 2019

Science Editor: William P. Schiemann Copy Editor: Cui Yu Production Editor: Huan-Liang Wu

Abstract
Breast cancer is a common malignancy among women. Due to the improvement of social awareness and advances
in imaging technologies, significant achievements are obtained at its diagnosis and treatment each passing day.
A 54-year-old, multiparous and postmenopausal woman, who presented with a palpable lymph node in the right
supraclavicular region and a right adnexal mass but had no findings from the breast examination, is reported
in this article. Following advanced assessment, metastatic carcinoma was identified in the lymph node biopsy
and the adnexal mass. During the exploration for the primary origin, microinvasive breast cancer was diagnosed
following mammographic imaging and an excisional biopsy from the right breast. Microinvasive breast cancer,
which did present itself with clinical findings with metastases despite the lack of local findings, was discussed with
the review of the literature.

Keywords: Microinvasive breast cancer, imaging, ovarian metastasis

INTRODUCTION
In the United States, one in every eight women has the risk to experience breast cancer in her lifetime.
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers and it is often stated as the second cause of cancer related

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