title: Small bowel obstruction from breast cancer metastasis: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Small bowel obstruction from luminal gastrointestinal metastasis is a rare, but recognized, presentation of metastatic breast cancer. Herein, we report a case of a small bowel obstruction from lobular breast cancer metastasis to the terminal ileum, occurring over a decade after diagnosis and treatment of the initial primary cancer. Our review highlights the presentation and management of this unusual disease manifestation, including diagnosis of the gastrointestinal process, identification of the primary cancer, surgical treatment of the abdominal pathology, systemic therapy for metastatic disease, and survival data for patients with this disease process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. asc@uic.edu
authors.forename: Abdul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saied
authors.forename: Chandra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bhati
authors.forename: Ranjna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garrean
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salti
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed