A tale of two cancers: managing dual synchronous primary endocrine malignancies

Authors

Anushree Vartak¹ , Prashant Gupta¹ , Pradeep Jaiswal¹ , Vijay Pratap Singh¹ , Harish Murthy¹ , Naveen Kumar Kushwaha¹ , Raja Bhagat Chandra Chowdhary¹

1. Army Hospital (R&R), India

Conference / event

ABSICON (Association of Breast Surgeons of India Conference) 2022, August 2022 (Hyderabad, India)

Poster summary

Dual primary malignancies are an uncommon and complex challenge. We share our experience of managing two such cases. A 29-yr-old female with nonfunctional left adrenal incidentaloma was advised follow up. 1 year later she reported skin changes, nipple retraction and left breast lump. Relevant radiological and pathological evaluation revealed ER/PR negative, Her2neu positive metastatic(cT4bN1M1) breast cancer and adrenocortical carcinoma(ACC) which was discussed in multidisciplinary tumor board and targeted chemotherapy was given for 6 cycles followed by excision of nonfunctional ACC. Another 49-year-old asymptomatic female with screen-detected lesions in right breast and left adrenal gland. Biopsy, Adrenal protocol CECT Abdomen, DOTANOC PET, CEMRI brain and biochemical tests revealed ER/PR+, Her2neu negative, Grade1 early breast carcinoma(cT1N0M0) and secreting pheochromocytoma. She was managed with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and alpha blockade followed by Mastectomy with ALND and left adrenalectomy.

Keywords

Dual primary, Synchronous, Endocrine, Malignancy, Breast

Research areas

Medicine, Biological Sciences

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