title: Colonic metastasis from carcinoma of the breast that mimics a primary intestinal cancer.
abstract: Although the lung, liver, or bones are the most common location for distant metastases in breast cancer patients, metastases to the intestinal tract are very rarely recognized in the clinic. We will present an unusual case of colonic metastasis from a carcinoma of the breast that mimics a primary intestinal cancer, along with a through review of English language medical literature. Despite the fact that isolated gastrointestinal (GI) metastases are very rare and much less common than benign disease processes or second primaries of the intestinal tract in patients with a history of breast cancer, metastatic disease should be given consideration whenever a patient experiences GI symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Trakya University Hospital, 22030 Edirne, Turkey. kzuygun@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Kazim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uygun
authors.forename: Zafer
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kocak
authors.forename: Semsi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Altaner
authors.forename: Irfan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cicin
authors.forename: Fusun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tokatli
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Uzal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods