| Literature DB >> 25892895 |
Fan Xue1, Zhong-Lin Liu1, Qing Zhang1, Xiang-Nan Kong1, Wen-Zhi Liu1.
Abstract
Breast cancer can metastasize to other organs following initial treatment. Bones, liver, and the lung are the most common sites of breast cancer metastases. The digestive tract, on the other hand, is rarely involved. The incidence of mesorectal metastasis (a special category of rectal metastases) from breast cancer has not been described before. The case reported herein concerns a 68-year-old woman who underwent mastectomy. A pelvic mass with no symptoms was subsequently identified by computed tomography in the patient. We ultimately confirmed that this mass was a metastasis from breast cancer located in the mesorectum using surgical exploration and pathology results.Entities:
Keywords: Breast cancer; Gastrointestinal metastasis; Mesorectum localization; Rectal metastasis
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25892895 PMCID: PMC4394106 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i14.4408
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Gastroenterol ISSN: 1007-9327 Impact factor: 5.742