title: Breast metastatic localization of signet-ring cell gastric carcinoma.
abstract: Metastatic tumors in the breast are quite rare and constitute 0,5 to 6% of all breast malignancies. They often occur in a polymetastatic context. Gastrointestinal lesions rarely metastasize to the breast. The first case of a metastasis deposit to the breast and ovary from gastric signet-ring cell carcinoma was reported in the literature in 1999. Since this report, only 5 cases have been reported. We present a case report of a 37-year-old woman who complained of a lump in the left breast. Two months earlier, the woman underwent a subtotal gastrectomy and a total hysterectomy with double anexectomy, which histologically was diagnosed of gastric signet-ring carcinoma, disseminated with Krukenberg's tumor. In those days, the patient was following a chemotherapy treatment. A core needle biopsy of the lesion in left breast revealed cells with signet-ring features, with probably gastric origin.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Hospital Marina Baixa, Avenida Alcalde En Jaume Botella Major 7, 03570 Villajoyosa (Alicante), Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Parrell Soler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palacios Marqués
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Saco López
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bermejo De Las Heras
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pertusa Martínez