Gastrointestinal Tract Metastases of Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast: An Immunohistochemical Survey Algorithm
Baha Zengel, Demet Kocatepe Çavdar, Özlem Özdemir, Funda Taşlı, Murat Karataş, Cenk Şimşek, Adam Uslu
Abstract
Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) accounts for almost 15% of all breast carcinomas. The potential of ILC to metastasize to the gastointestinal system is significantly greater than that of invasive ductal carcinoma. Gastric metastasis occurred in the ninth year of the follow-up in a patient who was operated on the right breast due to ILC. The patient was investigated for simultaneous masses in the stomach and colon, and a random mass was found in her right breast.
Topics & Concepts
Invasive lobular carcinomaMedicineImmunohistochemistryInvasive ductal carcinomaMetastasisStomachGastrointestinal tractOncologyLobular carcinomaPathologyRadiologyBreast cancerInternal medicineDuctal carcinomaCancerMetastasis and carcinoma case studiesCancer Diagnosis and TreatmentGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes