[A gastric signet ring cell carcinoma as the first expression of a breast carcinoma]. / Een zegelringcelcarcinoom van de maag als eerste uiting van een mammacarcinoom.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
; 147(20): 980-4, 2003 May 17.
Article
en Nl
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12784534
ABSTRACT
A 73-year-old woman presented with dull pain in the epigastric region, a rapid feeling of fullness upon eating and a weight loss of 10 kg in 6 months. Further examination showed linitis plastica due to a signet ring cell carcinoma in the stomach, multiple bone metastases, and an occult, small breast tumour. Immunohistochemical comparison of the tumours strongly suggested that all cases involved a metastasised breast carcinoma. At check-up after one year of tamoxifen treatment, the complaints had disappeared and the activity of the tumour marker had dropped. Gastric metastases from breast carcinoma are rare. Nevertheless, this possibility should be kept in mind in women presenting with malignancies of the stomach and mastopathy. Hormonal treatment and chemotherapy may result in reasonable palliation.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Gástricas
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Neoplasias de la Mama
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Carcinoma de Células en Anillo de Sello
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
Nl
Revista:
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
Año:
2003
Tipo del documento:
Article