| Literature DB >> 25056549 |
Hajime Abe1, Keiichi Yamazaki, Tsuyoshi Mori, Yuki Kawai, Yoshihiro Kubota, Tomoko Umeda, Mitsuaki Ishida, Tohru Tani.
Abstract
Umbilical metastases mainly arise from malignancies of the digestive and gynecological systems, but rarely from breast cancer. A 64-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer was referred to us for investigation of a painful lesion in the umbilicus. Immunohistochemical staining of a specimen obtained by biopsy from the nodule showed umbilical metastasis of breast cancer. After a work up, she was successfully treated with a combination of surgery and endocrine therapy. We report this case to reinforce that not all periumbilical tumoral deposits are consistent.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25056549 DOI: 10.1007/s00595-014-0991-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Surg Today ISSN: 0941-1291 Impact factor: 2.549