A CASE REPORT- METACHRONOUS BILATERAL BREAST CARCINOMA Authors: Suganya P , DEVI S AND SANTHASEELAN RG
ABSTRACT
Arcinoma breast is the second most common carcinoma in female. Incidence of bilateral breast
carcinoma is 4.4% in asian population. Of those 2.1% were synchronous while 2.3% were
metachronous bilateral tumour. Patient presenting with bilateral breast carcinoma either
synchronously or metachronously could be either metastatic or new primary. It is evaluated
with triple assessment with clinical, radiological and pathological assessment and staged
accordingly. If the diagnosis is metastatic, treatment is palliative or if it is new primary the
treatment is curative. This is the first reported case in our hospital.
Keywords: Arcinoma breast, bilateral breast carcinoma Publication date: 01/12/2021 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2021/December/MS_IJBPAS_2021_5796.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.12.5796