These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Colonic metastasis from carcinoma of the breast that mimics a primary intestinal cancer.
    Author: Uygun K, Kocak Z, Altaner S, Cicin I, Tokatli F, Uzal C.
    Journal: Yonsei Med J; 2006 Aug 31; 47(4):578-82. PubMed ID: 16941751.
    Abstract:
    Although the lung, liver, or bones are the most common location for distant metastases in breast cancer patients, metastases to the intestinal tract are very rarely recognized in the clinic. We will present an unusual case of colonic metastasis from a carcinoma of the breast that mimics a primary intestinal cancer, along with a through review of English language medical literature. Despite the fact that isolated gastrointestinal (GI) metastases are very rare and much less common than benign disease processes or second primaries of the intestinal tract in patients with a history of breast cancer, metastatic disease should be given consideration whenever a patient experiences GI symptoms.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]