RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Primary synchronous malignancies of the breast and the kidney
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e243563
DO 10.1136/bcr-2021-243563
VO 14
IS 10
A1 Khan, Rehan Nasir
A1 Kazmi, Zehra
A1 Vohra, Lubna Mushtaque
A1 Uddin, Zeeshan
YR 2021
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/10/e243563.abstract
AB Synchronous primary malignancies are most frequently seen with cancers of the stomach and oesophagus, mainly attributed to the similar genetic mutations. Most of these multiple malignancies turn out to be metastatic or metachronous lesions. Multiple synchronous malignancies are rarer than metachronous ones. Primary synchronous breast and renal cancer is even rare. These patients require extensive workup to exclude all possible metastases. The nature of the primary tumours must also be confirmed, prior to any treatment strategy. We report the case of a healthy, middle-aged woman who initially presented with a lesion suspicious for breast carcinoma, and further workup revealed the presence of an asymptomatic, synchronous primary renal cell cancer, which is a very rare presentation.