title: [Linitis plastica of the stomach in breast cancer].
abstract: Metastasis of the stomach wall in mammary cancer as first sign of disease spread 9 years after removal of the primary carcinoma is reported. The diagnosis was proven by surgical biopsy with demonstration of positive hormone receptors. The radiological and CT signs of infiltration of the stomach wall without mucosal destruction is a rare but typical finding in tubular invasive breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Radiologische Klinik, Abteilung Allgemeine Radiologie und Poliklinik der Universität Heidelberg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Flentje
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rieden
mesh_terms: D002293:Adenocarcinoma, Scirrhous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008039:Linitis Plastica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008408:Mastectomy; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Linitis plastica des Magens bei Mammakarzinom.