title: Case Report: Mammary and rectal metastases from an ovarian cancer: report of two cases and review of literature.
abstract: In this paper we report two interesting cases of metastatic ovarian cancer. The first case is a patient who developed rectal and breast metastases mimicking an inflammatory breast cancer. In the second case, subclinical breast and axillary lymph node metastases were revealed by PET/CT. Metastases in the breast originating from solid tumors are extremely rare. The ovarian primitive is the fourth most common origin. The occurrence of breast metastasis is associated with an advanced disease and a poor prognosis. Their incidence is increasing since they are found more often due to better imaging techniques and to better treatment that, accordingly, improve patients' survival. Thus, unusual sites of metastases are more and more reported. Indeed, some authors reported the occurrence of colorectal metastases from ovarian cancer. However, they remain much less frequent.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Oncology, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, Rabat, 10100, Morocco.
authors.forename: Mounia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amzerin
authors.affiliation: Jules Bordet Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 1000, Belgium.
authors.forename: Camilo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.affiliation: Jules Bordet Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 1000, Belgium.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stanciu
authors.affiliation: Jules Bordet Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 1000, Belgium.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Veys
authors.affiliation: Jules Bordet Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 1000, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Awada
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Oncology, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, Rabat, 10100, Morocco.
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Errihani
authors.affiliation: Jules Bordet Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 1000, Belgium.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gombos