Metastatic breast carcinoma simulating linitis plastica of the colon: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 542-545

  Okido, Masayuki ^a   Seo, Mitsuru ^a   Hamada, Yuzo ^b   Kurihara, Shuichi ^a   Matsumoto, Kotaro ^a   Konomi, Hiroyuki ^a   Kato, Masato ^a   Ichimiya, Hitoshi ^a  

^a HAMANOMACHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Hirose Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colonic metastasis; Linitis plastica

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKERATIN 7; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIRUBICIN; TAMOXIFEN; TRASTUZUMAB; UVOMORULIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; COLON STENOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LINITIS PLASTICA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; RECURRENT CANCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LINITIS PLASTICA; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79956209854     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-009-4305-1     Document Type: Article

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