Unexpected destination! Rectal carcinoma metastasis to breast

Rectal cancer metastasis to the breast is rare with around 19 cases reported in literature. It signifies diffuse disseminated disease or highly aggressive tumour, such that surgical intervention other than palliation has a limited role. We report a case of a 43-year-old with the above presentation....

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Autores principales: Ahmad, Syed Sohail, Khalilullah, Kaleem, McGowan, Katherine, Dillon, Katrina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6416825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30891171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz036
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description Rectal cancer metastasis to the breast is rare with around 19 cases reported in literature. It signifies diffuse disseminated disease or highly aggressive tumour, such that surgical intervention other than palliation has a limited role. We report a case of a 43-year-old with the above presentation. As the management differs and because of its rarity the importance of the diagnosis between primary and the metastatic breast cancer is imperative.
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spelling pubmed-64168252019-03-19 Unexpected destination! Rectal carcinoma metastasis to breast Ahmad, Syed Sohail Khalilullah, Kaleem McGowan, Katherine Dillon, Katrina J Surg Case Rep Case Report Rectal cancer metastasis to the breast is rare with around 19 cases reported in literature. It signifies diffuse disseminated disease or highly aggressive tumour, such that surgical intervention other than palliation has a limited role. We report a case of a 43-year-old with the above presentation. As the management differs and because of its rarity the importance of the diagnosis between primary and the metastatic breast cancer is imperative. Oxford University Press 2019-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6416825/ /pubmed/30891171 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz036 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2019. 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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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6416825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30891171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz036
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