Rectal localization of metastatic lobular breast cancer: report of a case.
The incidence of extrahepatic gastrointestinal metastases from breast cancer is reported in the literature only as necroscopy studies (6-18 percent); they usually originate from lobular or a mixed ductal-lobular subtype. Nonspecific presenting symptoms, death of the patients caused by other more frequent metastases, and variable radiographic features mimicking primary neoplasms cause a clinical underestimation of this pathology. We report here a case of rectal metastasis from a lobular carcinoma eight years after mastectomy.
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Division of General Surgery, Hospital of Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
Vettoretto
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Vinco
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Cervi
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Villanacci
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Grigolato
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Giulini
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D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015411:Mastectomy, Modified Radical; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed