Rectal metastasis from lobular breast carcinoma 15 years after primary diagnosis
Clin. transl. oncol. (Print)
; 12(2): 150-153, feb. 2010. ilus
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Lobular breast carcinoma represents 2-20% of infiltrative carcinomas of the breast. The incidence of extrahepatic gastrointestinal (GI) tract metastases observed in necropsy studies varies from 6% to 18% and the most commonly affected organ is the stomach, followed by colon and rectum [1-4]. Reported herein is the case of a 67-year-old woman who was primarily diagnosed and surgically treated for a lobular carcinoma of the breast 15 years ago and is now referred with back pain and right hydronephrosis caused by a metastasis in rectum. Frequently, the absence of specific symptoms of digestive metastases of breast cancer leads to a misdiagnosis of this pathology [5-7]. The treatment will be based on a detailed clinical history and histopathological findings. Metastases from breast cancer in GI tract tumours must be excluded in a patient with previous history of breast carcinoma, as in the case reported herein (AU)
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Collection:
National databases
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Spain
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Rectal Neoplasms
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Carcinoma, Lobular
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin. transl. oncol. (Print)
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Asuncion Clinic/Spain