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Gastric metastasis from breast cancer: A pitfall in gastric biopsy specimens
Author(s) -
Shimizu Michio,
Matsumoto Takayuki,
Hirokawa Mitsuyoshi,
Shimozuma Kojiro,
Manabe Toshiaki
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
pathology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1827
pISSN - 1320-5463
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1998.tb03900.x
Subject(s) - pathology , medicine , metastasis , biopsy , cancer , breast cancer , gastric biopsy , breast cancer metastasis , stomach , cancer metastasis , gastritis
A 49‐year‐old woman presented with abdominal discomfort and weight loss. Gastroduodenoscopy showed small polypoid lesions and biopsy specimens suggested primary adenocarclnoma with neuroendocrine differentiation. As the patient had a prior history of metachronous breast cancer, It was concluded that the case was metastatlc carcinoma from the breast. The usefulness of a panel of selected Immunohistochemical markers to determine the primary site of the breast in an appropriate clinical setting is greatly emphasized.