title: Breast carcinoma metastatic to the gallbladder and urinary bladder.
abstract: We present a patient with a history of infiltrating lobular breast carcinoma that metastasized to both the biliary and urinary tract after a ten year disease-free period following mastectomy and chemoradiotherapy. The patient presented with acute cholecystitis; imaging and histopathology revealed infiltrating lobular carcinoma of the gallbladder and urinary bladder. This report emphasizes the importance of long-term follow up in patients with a history of breast cancer and maintaining a high degree of suspicion for diagnosis of metastatic disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, California, USA. fherrera@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Herrera
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Hassanein
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Cosman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bouvet
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*