title: Metastatic breast cancer presenting as linitis plastica of the stomach.
abstract: Early detection and treatment of breast cancer, leading to longer survival, has revealed the natural history of this disease process. Linitis plastica of the stomach is a potential long-term sequela of metastatic breast cancer. Here we present a case of metastatic breast cancer presenting as linitis plastica, as well as the treatment algorithm for this rare clinical entity. The world literature describes a clear pattern of linitis plastica for metastatic infiltrating lobular breast cancer and a discrete nodular pattern for infiltrating ductal cancer, in regard to metastasis to the stomach. To our knowledge, this is the first case of infiltrating ductal cancer presenting as linitis plastica of the stomach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Whitty
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: Jay H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Woodland
authors.forename: Jitendra C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Bryce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nattier
authors.forename: Charles R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008039:Linitis Plastica / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*