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- Title
Breast metastatic localization of signet-ring cell gastric carcinoma.
- Authors
Soler, C. Parrell; Marqués, A. Palacios; López, L. Saco; De las Heras, R. Bermejo; Martínez, S. Pertusa; Parrell Soler, C; Palacios Marqués, A; Saco López, L; Bermejo De Las Heras, R; Pertusa Martínez, S
- Abstract
Metastatic tumors in the breast are quite rare and constitute 0,5 to 6% of all breast malignancies. They often occur in a polymetastatic context. Gastrointestinal lesions rarely metastasize to the breast. The first case of a metastasis deposit to the breast and ovary from gastric signet-ring cell carcinoma was reported in the literature in 1999. Since this report, only 5 cases have been reported. We present a case report of a 37-year-old woman who complained of a lump in the left breast. Two months earlier, the woman underwent a subtotal gastrectomy and a total hysterectomy with double anexectomy, which histologically was diagnosed of gastric signet-ring carcinoma, disseminated with Krukenberg's tumor. In those days, the patient was following a chemotherapy treatment. A core needle biopsy of the lesion in left breast revealed cells with signet-ring features, with probably gastric origin.
- Subjects
TUMORS; BREAST cancer research; GASTROINTESTINAL diseases; GASTRECTOMY; CANCER patients
- Publication
ISRN Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2011, p1
- ISSN
2090-4436
- Publication type
case study
- DOI
10.5402/2011/426150