Away from the milky way: An extremely rare case of pulmonary ectopic breast

Ectopic breast is defined as the presence of breast tissue outside the pectoral region. In this article, we are reporting an extremely rare case of pulmonary aberrant breast tissue. A 79-years-old Caucasian woman with the history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease, present...

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Published in:Lung India 2015-01, Vol.32 (1), p.60-63
Main Authors: Mahmodlou, Rahim, Sugumaran, Rajkumar K, Sepehrvand, Nariman
Format: Article
Language:English
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Case Report
Case studies
Diagnosis
Ectopic breast
intra-thoracic
Lung tumors
mass
pulmonary
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Summary:Ectopic breast is defined as the presence of breast tissue outside the pectoral region. In this article, we are reporting an extremely rare case of pulmonary aberrant breast tissue. A 79-years-old Caucasian woman with the history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease, presented to the emergency department for worsening dyspnea on exertion and pleuritic chest pain over the last few days. Both thoracic CT scan and the gross evaluation of tumor after its removal by thoracotomy were in favor of a soft tissue tumor such as pulmonary lipoma, whilst surprisingly the histological examinations revealed the mass to be ectopic breast tissue. Although it is extremely rare, this diagnosis should be considered in the evaluation of pulmonary masses.
ISSN:0970-2113
0974-598X
DOI:10.4103/0970-2113.148454