title: Anal metastasis from breast cancer: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Breast cancer usually metastasizes towards the lymph nodes, lung, bone, liver or brain; metastatic gastrointestinal involvement is rare and anal metastases are extremely rare. Necroscopic studies report a 6-18% incidence of extra-hepatic gastrointestinal metastases, and the most frequent sites of the GI tract involved are the stomach and the small intestine. We report a case with anal metastasis from breast cancer and a review of the associated literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Onco-Hematology, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata IRCCS, Via Padre Pio 1, 85028 Rionero in Vulture (PZ), Italy.
authors.forename: Annamaria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bochicchio
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tartarone
authors.forename: Orazio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ignomirelli
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Latorre
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cangiano
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gallucci
authors.forename: Mariarosa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coccaro
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Feudale
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aieta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000473:pathology; D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D059186:Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans