Metastatic lobular carcinoma of the breast masquerading as a primary rectal cancer

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Authors

Ikuo Matsuda · Hyogo Medical University

Nagahide Matsubara · Hyogo Medical University

Nobuo Aoyama · Osaka Aoyama University

Mie Hamanaka · Hyogo Medical University

Daisuke Yamagishi · Hyogo Medical University

Takashi Kuno · Hyogo Medical University

Kiyoshi Tsukamoto ·

Abstract

Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the colorectum is rarer than that of the stomach. Linitis plastica-type cancer of the colorectum is also rarer than that of the stomach. A lesson from the present case is that before we conclude a linitis plastica-type cancer of poorly differentiated type as a primary colorectal cancer, it is critical to exclude a possibility of metastatic colorectal cancer.

Topics & Keywords

Metastasis and carcinoma case studies Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Cancer and Skin Lesions

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volume 10, Issue 1, pp. 231-231

DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-231

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