Unusual sites of metastasis of breast carcinoma to gallbladder and colon
Keywords:
breast carcinoma, unusual metastasis, gall blabber, intestine
Abstract
Breast cancer is usually associated with metastasis to lungs, bones and liver. Metastatic pattern of Infiltrating Lobular Carcinoma differs from Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma with higher frequency of tumor extension to bone, gastrointestinal tract, genital tract, meninges and serosa. We here present two rare case reports showing this unusual pattern of metastasis of infiltrating lobular breast carcinoma to colon and gall bladder. Because of its rarity, nonspecific clinical presentation and the variable radiographic features, the diagnosis of intestinal and biliary tract metastasis by breast carcinoma is difficult.References
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6. Borst M J, Ingold J A. Metastatic patterns of invasive lobular versus invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast. Surgery. 1993;114(4):637-41
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11. Ferlicot S, Vincent-Salomon A, Médioni J, Genin P, Rosty C, Sigal-Zafrani B, Fréneaux P, Jouve M, Thiery JP, SastreGarau X. Wide metastatic spreading in infiltrating lobular carcinoma of the breast. European Journal of Cancer. 2004; 40:336–41.
12. Ikeda Y, Morita N, Ikeda T. Metachronous rectal metastasis from invasive ductal carcinoma of male breast. Endoscopy. 2008;40:108-9.
13. Smith NZ. Treating metastatic breast cancer with systemic chemotherapies: current trends and future perspectives. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2012;16:33–43
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2016-02-21
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