Radiographically Occult Carcinomatous Spread of Breast Cancer to the Liver: A Challenging Case
Metastatic carcinomatosis to the liver is a pattern of malignant infiltration that tends to provoke hepatic fibrosis. It is a rare complication of multiple solid tumor types and often seen in the absence of discrete tumor mass in the liver. We report a case of a 69-year-old woman with metastatic duc...
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| description | Metastatic carcinomatosis to the liver is a pattern of malignant infiltration that tends to provoke hepatic fibrosis. It is a rare complication of multiple solid tumor types and often seen in the absence of discrete tumor mass in the liver. We report a case of a 69-year-old woman with metastatic ductal carcinoma of the breast who presented with rising serum tumor markers and mildly cirrhotic contour of the liver on a CT scan. An early diagnosis of occult spread to the liver was made by means of a percutaneous liver biopsy showing desmoplastic response to invasive breast cancer cells found diffusely in the liver. This case highlights a rare pattern of metastatic spread of breast cancer as well as predisposing and prognostic features. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4f9055010a8f41bd94c63646dd9b5ac42025-02-03T01:10:49ZengWileyCase Reports in Oncological Medicine2090-67062090-67142019-01-01201910.1155/2019/49356154935615Radiographically Occult Carcinomatous Spread of Breast Cancer to the Liver: A Challenging CaseTrish Millard0Akriti Gupta1Christiana Brenin2Paul Marshall3Patrick Dillon4Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Virginia, 1215 Lee St, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USADepartment of Pathology, University of Virginia, 1215 Lee St, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USADivision of Hematology/Oncology, University of Virginia, 1215 Lee St, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USADivision of Hematology/Oncology, University of Virginia, 1215 Lee St, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USADivision of Hematology/Oncology, University of Virginia, 1215 Lee St, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USAMetastatic carcinomatosis to the liver is a pattern of malignant infiltration that tends to provoke hepatic fibrosis. It is a rare complication of multiple solid tumor types and often seen in the absence of discrete tumor mass in the liver. We report a case of a 69-year-old woman with metastatic ductal carcinoma of the breast who presented with rising serum tumor markers and mildly cirrhotic contour of the liver on a CT scan. An early diagnosis of occult spread to the liver was made by means of a percutaneous liver biopsy showing desmoplastic response to invasive breast cancer cells found diffusely in the liver. This case highlights a rare pattern of metastatic spread of breast cancer as well as predisposing and prognostic features.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4935615 |
| spellingShingle | Trish Millard Akriti Gupta Christiana Brenin Paul Marshall Patrick Dillon Radiographically Occult Carcinomatous Spread of Breast Cancer to the Liver: A Challenging Case Case Reports in Oncological Medicine |
| title | Radiographically Occult Carcinomatous Spread of Breast Cancer to the Liver: A Challenging Case |
| title_full | Radiographically Occult Carcinomatous Spread of Breast Cancer to the Liver: A Challenging Case |
| title_fullStr | Radiographically Occult Carcinomatous Spread of Breast Cancer to the Liver: A Challenging Case |
| title_full_unstemmed | Radiographically Occult Carcinomatous Spread of Breast Cancer to the Liver: A Challenging Case |
| title_short | Radiographically Occult Carcinomatous Spread of Breast Cancer to the Liver: A Challenging Case |
| title_sort | radiographically occult carcinomatous spread of breast cancer to the liver a challenging case |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4935615 |
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