title: Umbilical metastasis from breast cancer related with tumor marker elevation.
abstract: We describe a 53-year-old woman with tumor marker abnormality caused by an umbilical metastasis from breast cancer. She had undergone breast conservation therapy (BCT) for breast cancer (T2N1M0) 9 years previously. Umbilical metastasis was detected 9 months after tumor marker elevation was first noted. After resection of the umbilical metastasis, tumor marker level decreased immediately and normalized. The patient is alive without other metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Program of Tumor Biology and Regulation, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamawaki
authors.forename: Shino
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohsaki
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nishioka
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Naoshige
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tochika
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000556:secondary*; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000097:blood / Q000556:secondary*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor