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Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei Medical Journal, 4(47), p. 578, 2006

DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2006.47.4.578

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Colonic Metastasis from Carcinoma of the Breast that Mimicks a Primary Intestinal Cancer

Journal article published in 2006 by Kazim Uygun, Zafer Kocak, Semsi Altaner, Irfan Cicin ORCID, Fusun Tokatli, Cem Uzal
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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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.