Metastatic gastric carcinoma to the breast: A case report and review of the Chinese literature

  • Authors:
    • Huanhuan Yan
    • Jun Liu
    • Xu Ming
    • Xiaoqian Zhou
    • Hui Jin
    • Xiang Li
    • Miao Zheng
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  • Published online on: June 13, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2017.1292
  • Pages: 221-224
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Abstract

Breast metastasis is extremely unusual in gastric cancer patients worldwide. We herein report the case of a 39-year-old female Chinese patient presenting with symptoms of inflammation in the left breast. A biopsy did not reveal any evidence of malignancy. A modified radical mastectomy was performed and the postoperative pathological examination revealed infiltration by signet ring cell gastric carcinoma. A review of the Chinese literature was performed, and a total of 16 patients with breast metastasis from gastric carcinoma have been reported from 1990 onwards. This condition is associated with a poor prognosis, with a survival time of 1 month to 4 years. More studies are required to determine the optimal treatment.

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Yan H, Liu J, Ming X, Zhou X, Jin H, Li X and Zheng M: Metastatic gastric carcinoma to the breast: A case report and review of the Chinese literature. Mol Clin Oncol 7: 221-224, 2017
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Yan, H., Liu, J., Ming, X., Zhou, X., Jin, H., Li, X., & Zheng, M. (2017). Metastatic gastric carcinoma to the breast: A case report and review of the Chinese literature. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 7, 221-224. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2017.1292
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Yan, H., Liu, J., Ming, X., Zhou, X., Jin, H., Li, X., Zheng, M."Metastatic gastric carcinoma to the breast: A case report and review of the Chinese literature". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 7.2 (2017): 221-224.
Chicago
Yan, H., Liu, J., Ming, X., Zhou, X., Jin, H., Li, X., Zheng, M."Metastatic gastric carcinoma to the breast: A case report and review of the Chinese literature". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 7, no. 2 (2017): 221-224. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2017.1292