Surgery and irradiation for breast cancer may interfere with conventional pathways of spread, leading to bizarre patterns of dissemination through lymphatics or through hematogenous route. We report on a case of a premenopausal woman with breast cancer, the primary tumor was T3N1M0, case of triple negative breast cancer, After mastectomy the patient received adjuvant chemotherapy. After one year patient came with complaints of left inguinal pain followed by swelling.and unusual disease dissemination with inguinal lymph node metastasis.

Keywords: Breast cancer, Inguinal node metastases; Lymphatic pathways.

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Yalavarthi Pavan Ganesh

Dept of General Surgery, Sri Ramachandra Institute For Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India

Email: Pgyalavarthi @gmail.com