Unusual presentation of a small cell lung cancer with bilateral breast metastases: Case report and a brief review of the literature

Bilateral Metastatic Gynecomastia from Small-Cell Lung Tumors in a Man: A Report of a Rare Case

“…SLCS is an aggressive neuroendocrine tumor that exceptionally metastasizes to the breast (0.2%-1.3%) [1,5]. Pulmonary SLCS is often diagnosed incidentally, given its insidious nature [2,6]. There are only two cases of bilateral breast metastases from pulmonary SLCS in male patients reported in the literature in 1976 and 2011 [7,3].…”

“…Breast metastases from small-cell lung cancer (SLCS) are exceptional in men (0.2%-1.3%) [1,2]. Differentiating between a primary small-cell breast tumor and breast metastases of a small-cell lung tumor is a diagnostic challenge given their common morphological characteristics [1,3].…”