[Metastatic signet ring cell carcinoma to the breast from stomach]

Cancer Radiother. 2007 Sep;11(5):276-9. doi: 10.1016/j.canrad.2007.04.003. Epub 2007 Jul 3.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Metastatic tumors in the breast are quite rare and constitute 0.5 to 6% of all breast malignancies. They often occur in a polymetastatic context. The most frequent primitive tumors are lymphoma, leukaemia and malignant melanoma. The gastric origin is seldom reported. We report here the observation of a 40-years woman operated in urgency for an acute abdominal syndrome. A gastric tumor was discovered intraoperatively with ovarian metastasis and peritoneal carcinosis. The pathological examination revealed a gastric signet ring cell carcinoma with an infiltration of the right ovary. Four months later, the patient presented with a lump of the right breast. The histologic examination corresponded to a mammary metastasis by a signet ring cell carcinoma from stomach. The objective of our work is to discuss through this observation the anatomoclinical and evolutionary characteristics of breast metastasis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Breast / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Neoplasms / mortality
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / mortality
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / surgery
  • Female
  • Gastric Mucosa / pathology
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Krukenberg Tumor / pathology
  • Mastectomy
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / secondary
  • Stomach / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Time Factors
  • Ultrasonography, Mammary