Biliary Dyskinesia as a Rare Presentation of Metastatic Breast Carcinoma of the Gallbladder: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Alexey Markelov,
Hashemi Taheri,
K. Vunnamadala,
Gehan F. Ibrahim
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
case reports in pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6781
pISSN - 2090-679X
DOI - 10.1155/2011/806570
Subject(s) - medicine , invasive lobular carcinoma , gallbladder , malignancy , lobular carcinoma , pathology , carcinoma , lung , breast cancer , metastasis , presentation (obstetrics) , cancer , radiology , invasive ductal carcinoma , ductal carcinoma
Background . Breast carcinoma is the most common malignancy in women worldwide. It is most commonly associated with metastases to the liver, lung, bone, and the brain. Invasive lobular carcinoma is a less common pathology with slightly higher metastases to the upper gastrointestinal tract. Invasive lobular carcinoma metastasis to the gallbladder is extremely rare. Method . In this paper we are presenting a case of a 67-year-old female with metastases of invasive lobular breast cancer to the gallbladder six years after her therapy. Conclusion . This case clearly signifies the nature of the micrometastatic foci of the invasive lobular carcinoma even many years after a successful treatment.
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