Korean J Helicobacter Up Gastrointest Res.  2012 Dec;12(4):280-283. 10.7704/kjhugr.2012.12.4.280.

Rapid Progression of Duodenal Metastasis from Invasive Lobular Breast Carcinoma

• Kim MJ
• Kang SH
• Moon HS
• Lee ES
• Sung JK
• Lee BS
• Jeong HY

• KMID: 2143418
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7704/kjhugr.2012.12.4.280

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among American women and, after lung cancer, the second greatest cause of female cancer deaths. Even with early diagnosis and application of new therapies, approximately 50% of patients are still at risk of developing distant metastasis. The common metastasic sites of breast cancer are the distant lymph nodes, bone, lungs, liver, and brain. Gastrointestinal tract metastases are less common and are detected in less than 5% of all breast cancer patients. Duodenal metastasis of breast cancer occurs at a low rate and until now there have been only few reported cases. Gastrointestinal metastasis usually derives from lobular breast cancer rather than ductal breast cancer, which is the much more common cell type of breast cancer. In this report, we present a rare case of a 65-year-old female who presented with duodenal metastasis from invasive lobular breast carcinoma.

Keyword

Lobular breast carcinoma; Gastrointestinal tract metastasis; Duodenum

MeSH Terms

Aged
Brain
Breast
Breast Neoplasms
Duodenum
Early Diagnosis
Female
Gastrointestinal Tract
Humans
Liver
Lung
Lung Neoplasms
Lymph Nodes
Neoplasm Metastasis