title: Breast metastasis from gastric signet ring cell carcinoma, mimicking inflammatory carcinoma. A case report.
abstract: We report a case of breast metastasis of signet ring cell gastric cancer clinically presented as a primary inflammatory carcinoma. Metastases to the breast are uncommon; review of the literature demonstrated only 300 cases. The clinical and radiographic features of the metastatic lesion were unlike those reported in the literature. Although a primary signet ring cell breast carcinoma were described, the pathologic patterns of the breast lesion, here reported, lead us to conclude this was a metastasis and not another primary tumor.
authors.affiliation: Medical Oncology Department, Ospedale Civile Carlo Poma, Mantova, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cavazzini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Colpani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cantore
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aitini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rabbi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taffurelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pari
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bellomi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertuzzi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Smerierl
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*