Single Jejunum Metastasis from Breast Cancer Arising Twelve Years after the Initial Treatment

Metastatic involvement of gastrointestinal tract from breast cancer is a rare event. We report the case of a 61-year-old woman presenting with bowel obstruction, related to metastasis of a primary breast cancer she had 12 years earlier (a triple-negative invasive ductal carcinoma treated with surger...

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Main Authors: Cláudia Paiva, José Garcia, Cristina Silva, Alexandra Araújo, António Araújo, Marisa D. Santos
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8594652
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Alexandra Araújo
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description Metastatic involvement of gastrointestinal tract from breast cancer is a rare event. We report the case of a 61-year-old woman presenting with bowel obstruction, related to metastasis of a primary breast cancer she had 12 years earlier (a triple-negative invasive ductal carcinoma treated with surgery and chemotherapy). Bowel obstruction was caused by a 20-centimeter tumor in the jejunum, involving also the transverse colon. The patient underwent en bloc resection of tumor with jejunum and transverse bowel segment and received adjuvant chemotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel. Twenty months later, she was alive without disease recurrence.
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spelling doaj-art-0f522713f11841b2bb2b7c8667d89a7b2025-08-20T03:54:29ZengWileyCase Reports in Oncological Medicine2090-67062090-67142016-01-01201610.1155/2016/85946528594652Single Jejunum Metastasis from Breast Cancer Arising Twelve Years after the Initial TreatmentCláudia Paiva0José Garcia1Cristina Silva2Alexandra Araújo3António Araújo4Marisa D. Santos5Department of Surgery, Digestive Surgery Service, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-003 Porto, PortugalDepartment of Pathology, Pathological Anatomy Service, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-003 Porto, PortugalDepartment of Surgery, Digestive Surgery Service, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-003 Porto, PortugalService of Medical Oncology, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-003 Porto, PortugalService of Medical Oncology, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-003 Porto, PortugalDepartment of Surgery, Digestive Surgery Service, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-003 Porto, PortugalMetastatic involvement of gastrointestinal tract from breast cancer is a rare event. We report the case of a 61-year-old woman presenting with bowel obstruction, related to metastasis of a primary breast cancer she had 12 years earlier (a triple-negative invasive ductal carcinoma treated with surgery and chemotherapy). Bowel obstruction was caused by a 20-centimeter tumor in the jejunum, involving also the transverse colon. The patient underwent en bloc resection of tumor with jejunum and transverse bowel segment and received adjuvant chemotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel. Twenty months later, she was alive without disease recurrence.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8594652
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Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
title Single Jejunum Metastasis from Breast Cancer Arising Twelve Years after the Initial Treatment
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title_full_unstemmed Single Jejunum Metastasis from Breast Cancer Arising Twelve Years after the Initial Treatment
title_short Single Jejunum Metastasis from Breast Cancer Arising Twelve Years after the Initial Treatment
title_sort single jejunum metastasis from breast cancer arising twelve years after the initial treatment
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8594652
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