Case Report

Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Breast Cancer: A Case Report with the Literature

10.5222/otd.2015.1010

  • Alparslan Serarslan
  • Bilge Gürsel
  • İdris Yücel
  • Ahmet Başoğlu
  • Deniz Meydan
  • Nilgün Özbek Okumuş
  • Yurdanur Süllü

Received Date: 08.05.2014 Accepted Date: 16.10.2014 Eur Arc Med Res 2015;31(3):164-169

Breast cancer is the most common malignant disease in women. Isolated pulmonary metastases have been reported to occur in 10-20 % of all women with breast cancer. Isolated solitary pulmonary metastases from breast cancer occur rarely (0.4 %). Herein we present, in the light of literature, a case of 41 years old woman in whom radical surgery for solitary pulmonary metastasis from breast cancer yielded long-term survival.

Keywords: breast cancer, metastasectomy