Metastasis to the pancreas and stomach from a breast cancer primary: a case report
A 60-year-old female with an unknown family history initially presented with signs and symptoms concerning for gastrointestinal cancer. Regular breast cancer screening and subsequent work-up around this time demonstrated the presence of T2N1 stage II triple positive ductal adenocarcinoma of the left...
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description | A 60-year-old female with an unknown family history initially presented with signs and symptoms concerning for gastrointestinal cancer. Regular breast cancer screening and subsequent work-up around this time demonstrated the presence of T2N1 stage II triple positive ductal adenocarcinoma of the left breast. Follow-up imaging for her gastrointestinal symptoms demonstrated a 3.5 cm solitary mass in the pancreas and diffuse thickening of the stomach wall. Biopsies of the gastrointestinal lesions were identified as metastatic foci of the breast cancer primary. Breast cancer metastases to the stomach and to the pancreas are both very rare events. Of the breast cancer primaries that do metastasize to the gastrointestinal system, it is unusual for the primary to be ductal adenocarcinoma. The rapid succession of diagnosing the primary source of breast cancer simultaneously with its metastases is also unusual. Timely identification and appropriate management of these rare metastases was made possible due to routine breast cancer screening. |
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spelling | doaj.art-7365a9b786d84465abfc595a530847252023-01-02T02:30:36ZengGreater Baltimore Medical CenterJournal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives2000-96662017-10-017423423710.1080/20009666.2017.13693791369379Metastasis to the pancreas and stomach from a breast cancer primary: a case reportJason Kliiger0Mayer Gorbaty1Saba University School of MedicineNorthwest HospitalA 60-year-old female with an unknown family history initially presented with signs and symptoms concerning for gastrointestinal cancer. Regular breast cancer screening and subsequent work-up around this time demonstrated the presence of T2N1 stage II triple positive ductal adenocarcinoma of the left breast. Follow-up imaging for her gastrointestinal symptoms demonstrated a 3.5 cm solitary mass in the pancreas and diffuse thickening of the stomach wall. Biopsies of the gastrointestinal lesions were identified as metastatic foci of the breast cancer primary. Breast cancer metastases to the stomach and to the pancreas are both very rare events. Of the breast cancer primaries that do metastasize to the gastrointestinal system, it is unusual for the primary to be ductal adenocarcinoma. The rapid succession of diagnosing the primary source of breast cancer simultaneously with its metastases is also unusual. Timely identification and appropriate management of these rare metastases was made possible due to routine breast cancer screening.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2017.1369379Breast cancermetastasiscancer screeninginvasive ductal carcinomagastrointestinal cancer |
spellingShingle | Jason Kliiger Mayer Gorbaty Metastasis to the pancreas and stomach from a breast cancer primary: a case report Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives Breast cancer metastasis cancer screening invasive ductal carcinoma gastrointestinal cancer |
title | Metastasis to the pancreas and stomach from a breast cancer primary: a case report |
title_full | Metastasis to the pancreas and stomach from a breast cancer primary: a case report |
title_fullStr | Metastasis to the pancreas and stomach from a breast cancer primary: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Metastasis to the pancreas and stomach from a breast cancer primary: a case report |
title_short | Metastasis to the pancreas and stomach from a breast cancer primary: a case report |
title_sort | metastasis to the pancreas and stomach from a breast cancer primary a case report |
topic | Breast cancer metastasis cancer screening invasive ductal carcinoma gastrointestinal cancer |
url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2017.1369379 |
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