title: Single Jejunum Metastasis from Breast Cancer Arising Twelve Years after the Initial Treatment.
abstract: Metastatic involvement of gastrointestinal tract from breast cancer is a rare event. We report the case of a 61-year-old woman presenting with bowel obstruction, related to metastasis of a primary breast cancer she had 12 years earlier (a triple-negative invasive ductal carcinoma treated with surgery and chemotherapy). Bowel obstruction was caused by a 20-centimeter tumor in the jejunum, involving also the transverse colon. The patient underwent en bloc resection of tumor with jejunum and transverse bowel segment and received adjuvant chemotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel. Twenty months later, she was alive without disease recurrence.
authors: Department of Surgery, Digestive Surgery Service, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal.
authors: Cláudia
authors: C
authors: Paiva
authors: Department of Pathology, Pathological Anatomy Service, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal.
authors: José
authors: J
authors: Garcia
authors: Department of Surgery, Digestive Surgery Service, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal.
authors: Cristina
authors: 0000-0002-0345-0432
authors: C
authors: Silva
authors: Service of Medical Oncology, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal.
authors: Alexandra
authors: A
authors: Araújo
authors: Service of Medical Oncology, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal.
authors: António
authors: A
authors: Araújo
authors: Department of Surgery, Digestive Surgery Service, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal.
authors: Marisa D
authors: 0000-0002-5704-8895
authors: MD
authors: Santos