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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2015

Metastatic nonpalpable invasive lobular breast carcinoma presenting as rectal stenosis: a case report.

Tadatoshi Osaku, Hideaki Ogata, Shunsuke Magoshi, Yorichika Kubota, Fumi Saito, Shinsaku Kanazawa, Hironori Kaneko

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Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tadatoshi OsakuDepartment of Surgery, Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery (Omori), Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8451, Japan. tadatoshi.osaku@med.toho-u.ac.jp.
Hideaki OgataDepartment of Surgery, Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery (Omori), Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8451, Japan. ogatah@med.toho-u.ac.jp.
Shunsuke MagoshiDepartment of Surgery, Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery (Omori), Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8451, Japan. magosi@med.toho-u.ac.jp.
Yorichika KubotaDepartment of Surgery, Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery (Omori), Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8451, Japan. yorichika.kubota@med.toho-u.ac.jp.
Fumi SaitoDepartment of Surgery, Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery (Omori), Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8451, Japan. fumi311098040@yahoo.co.jp.
Shinsaku KanazawaDepartment of Surgery, Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery (Omori), Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8451, Japan. sg0713sk@med.toho-u.ac.jp.
Hironori KanekoDepartment of Surgery, Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery (Omori), Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8451, Japan. hironori@med.toho-u.ac.jp.
Toho University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionInvasive lobular carcinomas have an increased propensity for distant metastases, particularly to the peritoneum, ovaries, and uterus. In contrast, distant metastases of nonpalpable lobular carcinomas are extremely rare, and the causes of underlying symptoms of primary carcinomas remain unclear. We report a case of an asymptomatic invasive lobular carcinoma with a primary mammary lesion in a patient with rectal stenosis. CASE PRESENTATION: A 69-year-old Japanese woman presented to our hospital for treatment of constipation. Although rectal stenosis was confirmed, thorough testing of her lower digestive tract did not identify its cause. Thus, an exploratory laparotomy and tissue biopsy was performed, and the presence of an invasive lobular carcinoma was confirmed. Subsequent breast examinations showed that the invasive lobular carcinoma that led to the rectal stenosis was a metastatic lesion from a primary lesion of the breast duct. As the present breast lobular carcinoma was asymptomatic and nonpalpable, we did not initially consider metastatic breast cancer as a cause of her symptoms, and the final diagnosis was delayed.

conclusionsPeritoneal metastasis from nonpalpable invasive lobular carcinomas is very rare. However, breast cancer metastasis should be considered when carcinomatous peritonitis is present in a patient with an unknown primary cancer.

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AgedBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, LobularConstriction, PathologicDelayed DiagnosisFemaleHumansIntestinal ObstructionRectal Neoplasms

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PMID25902937
PMCPMC4414004
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