GASTRIC METASTASIS FROM BREAST CANCER: CASE REPORT Dott. Francesco Pontieri (*) UO di Anatomia Patologica P.O. di Rossano (CS) Dott. Gianluca Dima UO di Oncologia Medica P.O. di Paola (CS) (*) Relatore Facebook

Gastrointestinal metastases arising from breast cancer are rarely found, with an estimated incidence rate of approximately 0.5%; in 60% of cases, they occur in stomach.

They mainly originate from lobular rather than ductal breast carcinoma. The reason is unknown, but some authors think that it could be related to a particular tropism of lobular cells.

These metastases are mostly detected within a linitis plastica image (diffuse intramural infiltration by the tumor), during endoscopic evaluations, while are extremely rare in the early gastric cancer (EGC) setting.

This case report deals with a gastric metastasis from ductal breast cancer in a 62 year-old woman, who had previously undergone a left radical mastectomy for a moderately differentiated grade breast carcinoma and adjuvant chemotherapy.

An endoscopic biopsy of gastric neoplasm was performed 14 years later, as she reported epigastralgia associated with nausea.

A histologic evaluation highlighted glandular elements with a predominant tubular growth pattern infiltrating the lamina propria stroma.

The immunohistochemical evaluation of which was ER-CK7 positive, and PR-CK20-CDX2 negative, confirming the gastric metastasis from breast carcinoma. Negative for neuroendocrine tumor: S-100, Chromogranin A, and Synaptophisin.

Therapeutic Decision The patients was undergone six courses of docetaxel-based chemotherapy, reporting a radiologic complete response. Actually, she is taking hormonal therapy with an aromatase inhibitor.

Conclusion: gastrointestinal metastases from breast carcinoma are rare; in the presence of a carcinomatous gastric neoplasm in a patient with a clinical history of invasive breast cancer, we should suppose the probability of a secondary gastric localization. the histomorphological and immunohistochemical evaluations are essential to make a correct diagnosis and a consequent adequate therapeutic protocol.

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