Open AccessLinitis plastica of the colon due to metastases of invasive lobular breast carcinoma
Author(s) -
David Viso Vidal,
Rafael Arcángel Villanueva Pavón,
Francisco Jorquera
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2019.6065/2018
Subject(s) - linitis plastica , medicine , radiation therapy , invasive lobular carcinoma , colorectal cancer , colonoscopy , adjuvant radiotherapy , breast cancer , radiology , breast carcinoma , oncology , pathology , carcinoma , cancer , invasive ductal carcinoma
Colon metastases from breast carcinoma are relatively rare and the invasive lobular subtype tends to metastasize more frequently due to its peritoneal dissemination. A 67-year-old female with a lobular subtype breast neoplasm was treated via a surgical resection ten years previously, with subsequent radiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy. She is currently in clinical remission. A colonoscopy was performed due to a recent onset cachexia syndrome, which identified diffuse linitis plastica of the colon. Biopsies confirmed that it was secondary to infiltration by cancer cells of invasive lobular breast carcinoma (ILBC). In conclusion, linitis plastica of the colon may be a new presentation of colon metastases from ILBC.