2024/10/10 by Elenwo, Solomon N., Ijah, Rex F
#Bilateral Breast Cancer #Case series #Nigeria #Port Harcourt
paper · doi:10.60787/tnhj.v24i3.799
Background: Synchronous bilateral breast cancer is not so common a phenomenon, so also is the findings in the same patient, of different histologic types with differences in receptor status and or tumour grades. We are beginning to encounter this phenomenon in our centre, hence this series. This case-series reported observed bilateral breast cancer in patients seen at our centre in Nigeria over a 11-year period (from 2008 to 2019), to further enrich the literature on this phenomenon. Case Presentation: Case 1 was a 44-year-old hypertensive diabetic who presented to the surgical out-patient clinic with bilateral breast mass and a history of right breast fall-off before presentation to hospital. Case 2 was a 48-year-old woman who presented as emergency with difficulty in breathing with two-year history of breast disease. Case 3, a 60-year-old businesswoman with bilateral breast disease of 4 years interval. Conclusion: Late presentation, preference for alternative therapy and delay in commencement of conventional treatment of breast cancer, and consequent increase in morbidity are witnessed in this case series. This is occasioned by ignorance and inability to afford breast cancer care requiring action.