Liang Yicong, Paredes Steven R, Karpes Josh, Chau Bruce T C, Wang Frank
Department of General Surgery, Campbelltown Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2560, Australia.
School of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2033, Australia.
J Surg Case Rep. 2023 Mar 14;2023(3):rjad142. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjad142. eCollection 2023 Mar.
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer diagnosed among women worldwide. It significantly contributes to cancer-related mortality in females. Early-stage breast cancers have a high cure rate. However, distant metastasis of breast cancer due to haematological and lymphatic spread often leads to a poor prognosis. Gastric and duodenal metastasises are rarely observed in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast. Early diagnosis is challenging due to the non-specific symptoms, the limited specificity of radiological investigations and the difficulty in obtaining adequate tissue biopsy. Herein, we report the clinical, radiological, and macroscopic features of a 72-year-old female with rare gastric metastasis of breast cancer and likely concurrent duodenal metastasis.
乳腺癌是全球女性中诊断出的最常见癌症类型。它是导致女性癌症相关死亡的重要因素。早期乳腺癌治愈率很高。然而,由于血液和淋巴扩散导致的乳腺癌远处转移往往预后较差。胃和十二指肠转移在乳腺浸润性小叶癌中很少见。由于症状不具特异性、放射学检查特异性有限以及难以获得足够的组织活检,早期诊断具有挑战性。在此,我们报告一名72岁女性乳腺癌罕见胃转移并可能合并十二指肠转移的临床、放射学和大体特征。