J Korean Radiol Soc.  1998 Jun;38(6):1139-1141. 10.3348/jkrs.1998.38.6.1139.

Metastatic Breast Carcinoma from Gastric Cancer: A Case Report

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine. jmpark@www.amc.seoul.kr
  • 2Department of Rathology, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine.

Abstract

We encountered a patient with a breast mass which had metastasized from gastric carcinoma representing as aninflammatory carcinoma on ultrasonography. We described the radiologic and clinical features, and review theliterature. The patient had advanced gastric carcinoma and breast ultrasonography demonstrated the presence ofvery ill-defined, infiltrating, and mixed echoic lesions indistinguishable from findings of primary inflammatorybreast carcinoma. Metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma was confirmed pathologically.

Keyword

Breast neoplasms, diagnosis; Breast neoplasms, US; Breast neoplasms, secondary

MeSH Terms

Adenocarcinoma
Breast Neoplasms*
Breast*
Humans
Stomach Neoplasms*
Ultrasonography
Ultrasonography, Mammary
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