Metastatic Lobular Breast Cancer Mimicking Colitis

Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer diagnosed in women in the world regardless of race or ethnicity. About 10% of invasive breast carcinomas are lobular subtype. The loss of the E-caderin expression that occurs in lobular carcinoma leads to a higher risk of metastases in membranes (meningeal,...

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Main Authors: Renata Reis Figueiredo, Tatiana Strava Correa, Carlos Henrique dos Anjos, Heinrich Bender Kohnert Seidler
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-841X/3/3/20
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author Renata Reis Figueiredo
Tatiana Strava Correa
Carlos Henrique dos Anjos
Heinrich Bender Kohnert Seidler
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Tatiana Strava Correa
Carlos Henrique dos Anjos
Heinrich Bender Kohnert Seidler
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description Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer diagnosed in women in the world regardless of race or ethnicity. About 10% of invasive breast carcinomas are lobular subtype. The loss of the E-caderin expression that occurs in lobular carcinoma leads to a higher risk of metastases in membranes (meningeal, pleural, peritoneum) and gastrointestinal and/or endobronchial mucous, which may lead to several odd symptomatology. We report a 79 years old female patient with lobular breast cancer associated to CDH1 germline mutation. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2016 after noticing a right-armpit nodule whose pathological examination demonstrated an immunohistochemistry profile compatible with lobular breast carcinoma metastasis and had estrogen receptors 98%, progesterone receptors < 1%, ki67 25%, negative her2 score. Family history of only one paternal uncle with stomach cancer. After two lines of hormone therapy, she had disease progression and started oral chemotherapy with capecitabine. In a few weeks, the patient had refractory diarrhea. At the beginning, it was defined like colitis chemotherapy related. However, the clinical features showed necessity of further investigation. Then, she was diagnosed with CDH1 germline mutation after massive progression at gastrointestinal mucous. This case made possible to inform the family about risk of germline mutation and necessity of genetic counseling.
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spelling doaj.art-f73ddcc8f4cf4e7f993d625c788f5de22023-11-20T05:18:53ZengMDPI AGReports2571-841X2020-06-01332010.3390/reports3030020Metastatic Lobular Breast Cancer Mimicking ColitisRenata Reis Figueiredo0Tatiana Strava Correa1Carlos Henrique dos Anjos2Heinrich Bender Kohnert Seidler3Clinical Oncology Department, Sírio Libanês Hospital, Brasilia 70200-730, BrazilClinical Oncology Department, Sírio Libanês Hospital, Brasilia 70200-730, BrazilClinical Oncology Department, Sírio Libanês Hospital, Brasilia 70200-730, BrazilPathology Department, Brasiliense Lab, Brasilia 70390-125, BrazilBreast cancer is the most frequent cancer diagnosed in women in the world regardless of race or ethnicity. About 10% of invasive breast carcinomas are lobular subtype. The loss of the E-caderin expression that occurs in lobular carcinoma leads to a higher risk of metastases in membranes (meningeal, pleural, peritoneum) and gastrointestinal and/or endobronchial mucous, which may lead to several odd symptomatology. We report a 79 years old female patient with lobular breast cancer associated to CDH1 germline mutation. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2016 after noticing a right-armpit nodule whose pathological examination demonstrated an immunohistochemistry profile compatible with lobular breast carcinoma metastasis and had estrogen receptors 98%, progesterone receptors < 1%, ki67 25%, negative her2 score. Family history of only one paternal uncle with stomach cancer. After two lines of hormone therapy, she had disease progression and started oral chemotherapy with capecitabine. In a few weeks, the patient had refractory diarrhea. At the beginning, it was defined like colitis chemotherapy related. However, the clinical features showed necessity of further investigation. Then, she was diagnosed with CDH1 germline mutation after massive progression at gastrointestinal mucous. This case made possible to inform the family about risk of germline mutation and necessity of genetic counseling.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-841X/3/3/20lobular carcinomacolitisCDH1 mutation
spellingShingle Renata Reis Figueiredo
Tatiana Strava Correa
Carlos Henrique dos Anjos
Heinrich Bender Kohnert Seidler
Metastatic Lobular Breast Cancer Mimicking Colitis
Reports
lobular carcinoma
colitis
CDH1 mutation
title Metastatic Lobular Breast Cancer Mimicking Colitis
title_full Metastatic Lobular Breast Cancer Mimicking Colitis
title_fullStr Metastatic Lobular Breast Cancer Mimicking Colitis
title_full_unstemmed Metastatic Lobular Breast Cancer Mimicking Colitis
title_short Metastatic Lobular Breast Cancer Mimicking Colitis
title_sort metastatic lobular breast cancer mimicking colitis
topic lobular carcinoma
colitis
CDH1 mutation
url https://www.mdpi.com/2571-841X/3/3/20
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