Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in females worldwide, accounting for 23% of total new cancer cases and 14% of total cancer deaths in 2008.
Common metastatic sites include the lungs, bones, liver, lymph nodes, and skin. Less frequently it involves the brain, adrenal glands, ovaries, spleen, pancreas, kidney, thyroid, and heart. There are reports of unusual sites of breast cancer metastases; the urinary bladder and retroperitoneum are considered some of these unusual sites. Metastasis usually occurs many years after diagnosis, and the prognosis is poor. Breast carcinoma metastatic to the retroperitoneum has been reported only sporadically. We report a rare presentation of occult breast carcinoma with obstructive uropathy.
KEYWORDS: Breast carcinoma, obstructive uropathy
CORRESPONDENCE: Waleed Mansour Shabana, PhD, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia, Egypt ()
CITATION: UroToday Int J. 2012 August;5(4):art 32.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3834/uij.1944-5784.2012.08.05