A rare presentation of breast cancer: near obstructing rectal mass and gastric outlet obstruction

Breast cancer metastasizes to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are exceedingly rare. The low incidence and vague presentation of GI metastasizes often cause delay in diagnosis and treatment. Here, we present a case of metastatic breast cancer causing gastric outlet obstruction and rectal obstruction.

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Autores principales: Martin, Rachel, Mathews, Winn, Scarcliff, Steven
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5035840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27672104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw162
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spelling pubmed-50358402016-09-27 A rare presentation of breast cancer: near obstructing rectal mass and gastric outlet obstruction Martin, Rachel Mathews, Winn Scarcliff, Steven J Surg Case Rep Case Report Breast cancer metastasizes to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are exceedingly rare. The low incidence and vague presentation of GI metastasizes often cause delay in diagnosis and treatment. Here, we present a case of metastatic breast cancer causing gastric outlet obstruction and rectal obstruction. Oxford University Press 2016-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5035840/ /pubmed/27672104 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw162 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2016. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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A rare presentation of breast cancer: near obstructing rectal mass and gastric outlet obstruction
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title_full A rare presentation of breast cancer: near obstructing rectal mass and gastric outlet obstruction
title_fullStr A rare presentation of breast cancer: near obstructing rectal mass and gastric outlet obstruction
title_full_unstemmed A rare presentation of breast cancer: near obstructing rectal mass and gastric outlet obstruction
title_short A rare presentation of breast cancer: near obstructing rectal mass and gastric outlet obstruction
title_sort rare presentation of breast cancer: near obstructing rectal mass and gastric outlet obstruction
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5035840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27672104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw162
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