Author/Authors :
Al-Jarrah, Adil Sultan Qaboos University - Sultan Qaboos University Hospital - Department of Surgery, Oman , Taranikanti, Varna Sultan Qaboos University - College of Medicine Health Sciences - Department of Human Clinical Anatomy, Oman , Sawhney, Sukhpal Sultan Qaboos University - Sultan Qaboos University Hospital - Departments of Radiology and Molecular Imaging, Oman , Furrukh, Muhammad Sultan Qaboos University - Sultan Qaboos University Hospital - Department of Medicine, Oman , Al-Hosni, Mohammad Sultan Qaboos University - Sultan Qaboos University Hospital - Departments of Surgery, Oman , Saparamadu, P. A. M. Sultan Qaboos University - Sultan Qaboos University Hospital - Departments of Pathology, Oman , De Silva, M. V. C. Sultan Qaboos University - Sultan Qaboos University Hospital - Departments of Pathology, Oman
Abstract :
Breast cancer is known to metastasise to different organs in the body, but an initial presentationof breast cancer with loin pain secondary to a metastatic renal mass is extremely rare. We report a 58-year-old woman who presented with recurrent left loin pain due to a metastatic deposit of invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast. The detection of a renal mass on computed tomography led to the assumption of a renal pelvic malignancy. The diagnostic dilemma posed by the detection of a breast mass during staging and the usefulness of immunohistochemistry in the confirmation of diagnosis are discussed.
Keywords :
Breast , Lobular carcinoma , Metastasis , Renal , Immunohistochemistry , Case Report , Oman
