Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding as a Metastatic Manifestation of Breast Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
CASE PRESENTATION: 64-year-old woman with known metastatic lobular breast cancer presented with fever, epigastric pain, hematemesis and melena. A bleeding, ulcerated gastric metastasis was found and was treated with endoscopic therapy, omeprazole and hormonal therapy; the patient was alive and well...
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| description | CASE PRESENTATION: 64-year-old woman with known metastatic lobular breast cancer presented with fever, epigastric pain, hematemesis and melena. A bleeding, ulcerated gastric metastasis was found and was treated with endoscopic therapy, omeprazole and hormonal therapy; the patient was alive and well 13 months later. The bleeding was probably precipitated by necrosis of the lesion during chemotherapy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4c68d5f4ef324d99aec635a4994d67c22025-08-20T02:38:42ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002001-01-01151677110.1155/2001/898434Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding as a Metastatic Manifestation of Breast Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the LiteratureTony Reiman0Charles A Butts1Department of Medicine, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaCASE PRESENTATION: 64-year-old woman with known metastatic lobular breast cancer presented with fever, epigastric pain, hematemesis and melena. A bleeding, ulcerated gastric metastasis was found and was treated with endoscopic therapy, omeprazole and hormonal therapy; the patient was alive and well 13 months later. The bleeding was probably precipitated by necrosis of the lesion during chemotherapy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/898434 |
| spellingShingle | Tony Reiman Charles A Butts Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding as a Metastatic Manifestation of Breast Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding as a Metastatic Manifestation of Breast Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding as a Metastatic Manifestation of Breast Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding as a Metastatic Manifestation of Breast Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding as a Metastatic Manifestation of Breast Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding as a Metastatic Manifestation of Breast Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | upper gastrointestinal bleeding as a metastatic manifestation of breast cancer a case report and review of the literature |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/898434 |
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