Open AccessMetastatic Carcinoma of the Breast Mimicking Clinically and Histologically a Primary Gastric Carcinoma: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Yassine Bouhtouri,
Ihssan Elouarith,
Moad Belouad,
Abdelhamid Benlghazi,
Moulay Abdelah Baba Habib,
Moulay MehdiEl Hassani,
Mohamed Oukabli,
Jaouad Kouach
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
scholars international journal of obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-3492
pISSN - 2616-8235
DOI - 10.36348/sijog.2022.v05i03.014
Subject(s) - medicine , invasive lobular carcinoma , metastasis , stomach , carcinoma , pathology , cancer , breast carcinoma , immunohistochemistry , breast cancer , primary tumor , lobular carcinoma , oncology , presentation (obstetrics) , radiology , ductal carcinoma , invasive ductal carcinoma
The stomach is one of the frequent sites of metastasis from invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast. The clinical presentation and the endoscopic findings for metastasis carcinoma are nonspecific and may mimic that of a primary gastric tumor. The distinction between these two neoplasms may be very difficult but essential as the basis of the treatment is different. Histological and immunohistochemical analyses are the gold standard for establishing the diagnosis of the primary site. We report the case of a 68-yearold patient with metastatic breast cancer mimicking a primary stomach cancer.