title: Lumps, bumps and GI bleeding.
abstract: We report the case of a patient presenting with malaena and anaemia secondary to a metastatic phyllodes tumour of the breast. This is an unusual clinical presentation from a breast tumour that rarely metastasise.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Gastroenterology, Senior House Officer, Ulster Hospital Dundonald Belfast, Northern Ireland. mperry02@qub.ac.uk
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loughrey
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hyland
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caddy
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008551:Melena / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D003557:Phyllodes Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D011859:Radiography; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*
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