[A Case of Breast Metaplastic Carcinoma and Distant Metastasis with Complete Response to Immunotherapy]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2024 Jun;51(6):667-670.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

An 82-year-old woman visited our hospital complaining of a rapidly growing hemorrhagic mass with ulceration of the right breast. A CT scan revealed a circumscribed, lobulated mass of approximately 14 cm diameter, with coarse calcifications, which had invaded the skin and major pectoral muscle and with metastasis in the both lungs. She underwent a total mastectomy with major pectoral mastectomy. The pathological findings were spindle cell carcinoma admixed with chondroid metaplasia and an osteoid-like appearance; therefore, metaplastic breast cancer was diagnosed. Biweekly drip infusion of immune checkpoints inhibitor were administered as immunotherapy, which yielded a complete response of lung matastasis. Administration of monthly immune checkpoints inhibitor resulted in no recurrence for 3 years after the operation. Accumulation of further similar cases and development of a novel effective treatment are desired.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Breast Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Breast Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms* / therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Immunotherapy*
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Mastectomy
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors