الملخص

Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) represents 5-10% of newly diagnosed breast cancer cases, referred to as de novo stage IV MBC. Distinguishing a distant lesion in breast cancer patients can be challenging. Therefore, obtaining a histopathological confirmation of a metastasis is advisable, as a suspicious metastatic lesion may be benign or exhibit different immunohistochemistry compared to the primary site. We report a 55-year-old female patient who presented to a tertiary care hospital in Muscat, Oman in 2019. The patient was undergoing staging scans for newly diagnosed breast cancer, where radiological findings suggested appendix metastasis. However, subsequent laparoscopic appendicectomy revealed an appendicular schwannoma, confirmed through immunohistochemistry. The patient received curative-intent breast cancer treatment. With the increasing use of advanced staging scans in breast cancer, clinicians should thoroughly investigate and confirm metastatic disease, especially in uncommon metastatic sites, before initiating treatment.

بيانات النشر

المعرّف الرقمي
10.18295/squmj.6.2024.041
المجلة
مجلة جامعة السلطان قابوس الطبية, 25(1), 132-136
الناشر
جامعة السلطان قابوس
وصول مفتوح
وصول مفتوح ذهبي
الترخيص
CC BY-ND 4.0

اقتبس هذه المقالة

APA 7

Al-Ishaq, Z., Al-Sulaimani, A., AlRahbi, B. S., Fathiya, Albaimani, K., Muhammad, J. Z., & Aljarrah, A. (2025). Schwannoma of the Appendix Mimicking a Metastatic Breast Cancer: A case report. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 25(1), 132-136. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.6.2024.041

MLA 9

Al-Ishaq, Zaid, et al. "Schwannoma of the Appendix Mimicking a Metastatic Breast Cancer: A case report." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 25, no. 1, 2025, pp. 132-136. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.6.2024.041.

شيكاغو (المؤلف–التاريخ)

Al-Ishaq, Zaid, Alonood Al-Sulaimani, Badriya S. AlRahbi, Fathiya, Khalid Albaimani, Jawa Z. Muhammad, and Adil Aljarrah. 2025. "Schwannoma of the Appendix Mimicking a Metastatic Breast Cancer: A case report." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 25 (1): 132-136. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.6.2024.041.

هارفارد

Al-Ishaq, Z., Al-Sulaimani, A., AlRahbi, B. S., Fathiya, Albaimani, K., Muhammad, J. Z. and Aljarrah, A. (2025) 'Schwannoma of the Appendix Mimicking a Metastatic Breast Cancer: A case report', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 25(1), pp. 132-136. doi:10.18295/squmj.6.2024.041.

فانكوفر

Al-Ishaq Z, Al-Sulaimani A, AlRahbi BS, Fathiya, Albaimani K, Muhammad JZ, et al. Schwannoma of the Appendix Mimicking a Metastatic Breast Cancer: A case report. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;25(1):132-136. doi:10.18295/squmj.6.2024.041

IEEE

Z. Al-Ishaq, A. Al-Sulaimani, B. S. AlRahbi, Fathiya, K. Albaimani, J. Z. Muhammad, and A. Aljarrah, "Schwannoma of the Appendix Mimicking a Metastatic Breast Cancer: A case report," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 132-136, 2025, doi: 10.18295/squmj.6.2024.041.