The spectrum of gastrointestinal metastases of breast carcinoma: II. The colon and rectum.
Gastrointest Endosc
; 38(2): 136-41, 1992.
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ABSTRACT
In a 15-year period at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, 17 patients were found with breast carcinoma metastatic to the colon or rectum or both. The presenting symptoms and signs were non-specific and included diarrhea, crampy pain, vomiting, and palpable tumor. Endoscopic examination, possible in only 10 of the 17 patients because of luminal obstruction, yielded a correct diagnosis in seven cases. Biopsy was confirmatory in five cases. Lesions metastatic to the colorectum originated predominantly in lobular carcinoma of the breast. Systemic hormonal or chemotherapy or x-irradiation, either alone or as an adjunct to surgery, produced a favorable response in over half the patients so treated.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Retais
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Neoplasias da Mama
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Carcinoma
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Neoplasias do Colo
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1992
Tipo de documento:
Article