Lobular Mammary Carcinoma Presenting as an Obstructing Rectal Mass

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women, and while metastasis is common to areas like the bone, lungs, and brain, it is rare to metastasize to the gastrointestinal tract and especially to the rectum. Due to the rarity of this condition and its resemblance clinically and radiologi...

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Autores principales: Ebrahim Almahmeed, Eman Aljufairi, Noof Alshaibani
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:61b0f576d2c94cfaab5a76e59596f8162021-11-29T00:55:58ZLobular Mammary Carcinoma Presenting as an Obstructing Rectal Mass2090-691910.1155/2021/2416950https://doaj.org/article/61b0f576d2c94cfaab5a76e59596f8162021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/2416950https://doaj.org/toc/2090-6919Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women, and while metastasis is common to areas like the bone, lungs, and brain, it is rare to metastasize to the gastrointestinal tract and especially to the rectum. Due to the rarity of this condition and its resemblance clinically and radiologically to primary gastrointestinal tract tumors, diagnosis and treatment are challenging. We present a case of metastatic lobular mammary carcinoma in a 52-year-old Bahraini woman who presented with an obstructing rectal mass.Ebrahim AlmahmeedEman AljufairiNoof AlshaibaniHindawi LimitedarticleSurgeryRD1-811ENCase Reports in Surgery, Vol 2021 (2021)
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Ebrahim Almahmeed
Eman Aljufairi
Noof Alshaibani
Lobular Mammary Carcinoma Presenting as an Obstructing Rectal Mass
description Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women, and while metastasis is common to areas like the bone, lungs, and brain, it is rare to metastasize to the gastrointestinal tract and especially to the rectum. Due to the rarity of this condition and its resemblance clinically and radiologically to primary gastrointestinal tract tumors, diagnosis and treatment are challenging. We present a case of metastatic lobular mammary carcinoma in a 52-year-old Bahraini woman who presented with an obstructing rectal mass.
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author Ebrahim Almahmeed
Eman Aljufairi
Noof Alshaibani
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Eman Aljufairi
Noof Alshaibani
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title Lobular Mammary Carcinoma Presenting as an Obstructing Rectal Mass
title_short Lobular Mammary Carcinoma Presenting as an Obstructing Rectal Mass
title_full Lobular Mammary Carcinoma Presenting as an Obstructing Rectal Mass
title_fullStr Lobular Mammary Carcinoma Presenting as an Obstructing Rectal Mass
title_full_unstemmed Lobular Mammary Carcinoma Presenting as an Obstructing Rectal Mass
title_sort lobular mammary carcinoma presenting as an obstructing rectal mass
publisher Hindawi Limited
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/61b0f576d2c94cfaab5a76e59596f816
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