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Widespread metastatic breast cancer to the bowel: an unexpected finding during colonoscopy
Metastatic neoplasms to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are an uncommon entity and in extremely rare cases originate from the breast. The clinical manifestations of metastatic breast cancer into the GI tract are frequently non-specific, and the interval between the diagnosis of lobular carcinoma and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6380529/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30800329 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omy133 |
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author | Blachman-Braun, Ruben Felemovicius, Isaac Barker, Kyle Kehrberg, Eric Khan, Faizan |
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description | Metastatic neoplasms to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are an uncommon entity and in extremely rare cases originate from the breast. The clinical manifestations of metastatic breast cancer into the GI tract are frequently non-specific, and the interval between the diagnosis of lobular carcinoma and GI metastasis can often delay up to 30 years. Here, we present a 73-year-old female with an unusual colonoscopy that revealed a submucosa nodular infiltrate throughout all the colon with a cobblestone-like appearance, which was later confirmed to be metastatic lobular carcinoma of the breast that was surgically removed 15 years early. A couple of months later, she developed malignant small bowel obstruction and laparotomy revealed extended small bowel and colonic metastatic involvement. |
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spelling | pubmed-63805292019-02-22 Widespread metastatic breast cancer to the bowel: an unexpected finding during colonoscopy Blachman-Braun, Ruben Felemovicius, Isaac Barker, Kyle Kehrberg, Eric Khan, Faizan Oxf Med Case Reports Clinical Image Metastatic neoplasms to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are an uncommon entity and in extremely rare cases originate from the breast. The clinical manifestations of metastatic breast cancer into the GI tract are frequently non-specific, and the interval between the diagnosis of lobular carcinoma and GI metastasis can often delay up to 30 years. Here, we present a 73-year-old female with an unusual colonoscopy that revealed a submucosa nodular infiltrate throughout all the colon with a cobblestone-like appearance, which was later confirmed to be metastatic lobular carcinoma of the breast that was surgically removed 15 years early. A couple of months later, she developed malignant small bowel obstruction and laparotomy revealed extended small bowel and colonic metastatic involvement. Oxford University Press 2019-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6380529/ /pubmed/30800329 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omy133 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press. 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 |
spellingShingle | Clinical Image Blachman-Braun, Ruben Felemovicius, Isaac Barker, Kyle Kehrberg, Eric Khan, Faizan Widespread metastatic breast cancer to the bowel: an unexpected finding during colonoscopy |
title | Widespread metastatic breast cancer to the bowel: an unexpected finding during colonoscopy |
title_full | Widespread metastatic breast cancer to the bowel: an unexpected finding during colonoscopy |
title_fullStr | Widespread metastatic breast cancer to the bowel: an unexpected finding during colonoscopy |
title_full_unstemmed | Widespread metastatic breast cancer to the bowel: an unexpected finding during colonoscopy |
title_short | Widespread metastatic breast cancer to the bowel: an unexpected finding during colonoscopy |
title_sort | widespread metastatic breast cancer to the bowel: an unexpected finding during colonoscopy |
topic | Clinical Image |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6380529/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30800329 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omy133 |
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