Open AccessRecurrent invasive lobular breast carcinoma presenting as gastric outlet obstruction
Author(s) -
Alberto Contreras,
Alejandro Robles,
Antonio MendozaLadd
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2332-7251
pISSN - 2332-7243
DOI - 10.5430/crim.v6n3p26
Subject(s) - medicine , gastric outlet obstruction , invasive lobular carcinoma , malignancy , cancer , lobular carcinoma , gastrointestinal tract , radiology , gastric carcinoma , breast cancer , metastatic carcinoma , carcinoma , pathology , surgery , ductal carcinoma , invasive ductal carcinoma
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women. Metastatic disease is usually found in the bones, lungs, regional lymph nodes, liver, and brain. Metastases to the gastrointestinal tract occur in less than 1% of cases. We report an unusual case of metastatic invasive lobular carcinoma presenting as gastric outlet obstruction seven years after the initial diagnosis. To our knowledge, this is the first time that endoscopic ultrasound with fine-needle aspiration is used to establish a definite diagnosis of recurrent invasive lobular carcinoma to the gastrointestinal tract causing gastric outlet obstruction.