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The concurrent management of multiple primary tumors further complicates therapeutic decision-making.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A 60-year-old woman presented with a 1-year history of a painless, enlarging left axillary mass. Initial imaging revealed a BI-RADS 5 lesion in the left axilla with suspicious lymph nodes, but no primary breast abnormality; subsequent breast MRI confirmed the absence of an orthotopic primary. Core needle biopsy confirmed grade II invasive ductal carcinoma of mammary origin. Subsequent evaluations incidentally identified a Bethesda V thyroid nodule and a benign nasal papilloma. Following six cycles of neoadjuvant TAC chemotherapy, she underwent sequential surgeries: prophylactic ipsilateral nipple-sparing subcutaneous mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection, endoscopic nasal tumor resection, and total thyroidectomy with central compartment dissection. Final pathology confirmed primary accessory breast carcinoma (ypT3N2, Luminal B), papillary thyroid carcinoma (pT1aN1a), and squamous epithelial papilloma of the nasal cavity. Adjuvant treatment included locoregional radiotherapy, endocrine therapy (letrozole plus abemaciclib), and radioiodine ablation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This case underscores that primary accessory breast cancer must be a leading consideration in the differential diagnosis of an isolated axillary mass with negative standard breast imaging. It also illustrates a pragmatic, multidisciplinary strategy for the integrated management of synchronous primary tumors, guided by the principles of oncologic prioritization and sequenced intervention.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmed.2026.1841765","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,1]],"date-time":"2026-06-01T04:18:53Z","timestamp":1780287533000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Case Report: A rare triad of neoplasms: navigating synchronous accessory breast cancer, papillary thyroid carcinoma, and inflammatory nasal papilloma"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Xiangning","family":"Zeng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Second People\u2019s Hospital of Qinzhou","place":["Qinzhou, Guangxi, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Huang","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Guangxi Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University","place":["Nanning, Guangxi, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuzhong","family":"Hong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Second People\u2019s Hospital of Qinzhou","place":["Qinzhou, Guangxi, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qin","family":"Meng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Second People\u2019s Hospital of Qinzhou","place":["Qinzhou, Guangxi, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kaihua","family":"Ye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Second People\u2019s Hospital of Qinzhou","place":["Qinzhou, Guangxi, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lian","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Second People\u2019s Hospital of Qinzhou","place":["Qinzhou, Guangxi, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Huajun","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Xincheng County People\u2019s Hospital","place":["Xincheng, Guangxi, China"]},{"name":"Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gaozhou People\u2019s Hospital","place":["Maoming, Guangdong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ying","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gaozhou People\u2019s Hospital","place":["Maoming, Guangdong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiawei","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gaozhou People\u2019s Hospital","place":["Maoming, Guangdong, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chuxia","family":"Feng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Second People\u2019s Hospital of Qinzhou","place":["Qinzhou, Guangxi, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"114","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejso.2009.09.007","article-title":"Breast MRI in clinically and mammographically occult breast cancer presenting with an axillary metastasis: a systematic review","volume":"36","author":"de Bresser","year":"2010","journal-title":"Eur J Surg Oncol"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"211","DOI":"10.1016\/j.breast.2020.10.012","article-title":"Occult breast cancer: where are we at?","volume":"54","author":"Ofri","year":"2020","journal-title":"Breast"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1783","DOI":"10.3892\/ol.2015.3388","article-title":"Diagnosis and treatment of accessory breast cancer in 11 patients","volume":"10","author":"Zhang","year":"2015","journal-title":"Oncol Lett"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"107597","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijscr.2022.107597","article-title":"Primary invasive ductal carcinoma of axillary accessory breast","volume":"98","author":"Nguyen","year":"2022","journal-title":"Int J Surg Case Rep"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e1","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bjps.2010.08.015","article-title":"Approach and management of primary ectopic breast carcinoma in the axilla: where are we? 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