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Case Report
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J Korean Soc Coloproctol. 2008;24(2):144-147.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3393/jksc.2008.24.2.144
- Colon Obstruction due to Colonic Metastasis of a Breast Carcinoma.
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Kim, Do Hyoung , Lee, In Kyu , Oh, Chang Hyun , Lee, Yoon Suk , Park, Jong Kyung , Park, Woo Chan , Jeon, Hae Myung , Byun, Jae Ho , Park, Gyeoung Sin , Chang, Suk Kyun
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1Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. cmcgslee@catholic.ac.kr
2Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
3Department of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
- Abstract
- Breast cancer is a common malignancy in women and metastasizes to the liver, the lung, the brain, and the bone, but metastasis to the colon is rare. We describe a 58-year-old woman with colon metastasis of breast cancer.
She was diagnosed with right colon cancer, and during investigation for colon cancer, we found a breast cancer.
She received a palliative right hemicolectomy due to obstruction before chemotherapy. The histology of the tissue taken from the right colon was shown to be the same as that of the left breast mass. This is a case of colonic metastasis from breast cancer and we report this case with a review of literature.
Keywords :Breast cancer;Metastasis;Colon cancer
