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Breast metastases from gastric carcinoma - a case report

Damir Gugić ; Radiotherapy and Oncology Department, Osijek Clinical Hospital, Croatia
Josipa Flam ; Radiotherapy and Oncology Department, Osijek Clinical Hospital, Croatia
Mirela Šembić-Penc ; Radiotherapy and Oncology Department, Osijek Clinical Hospital, Croatia
Milanka Mrčela ; Institute of Pathology and Forensics, Osijek Clinical Hospital, Croatia
Slavica Romić ; Pathology and Cytology Department, Vinkovci General Hospital, Croatia

Abstract

Gastric cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer death. In 2005, there were 1059 newly diagnosed cases of gastric cancer in Croatia.
Stomach cancer spreads very early and usually to regional lymph nodes and surrounding tissues such as the liver, lungs, or ovaries, and less often to the bones and central nervous system, whereas the breast is very rarely the site of its metastases.
Among the available data, we have found only 9 publications describing cases of gastric metastases developed in the breast, we decided to publish this case report presenting a patient who underwent total gastrectomy for gastric cancer in May 2000, and then surgery for metastases of gastric cancer to the breast in January 2005.

Keywords

gastric cancer; breast metastases

Hrčak ID:

280766

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/280766

Publication date:

22.11.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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