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Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer 2/2017

01-06-2017 | Case Report

Rectal Metastases from Breast Cancer. A Case Report

Author: Edson Guzmán-Calderón

Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer | Issue 2/2017

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A 65-year-old Peruvian woman presented with a 4-month history of recurrent, intermittent, little, and painless rectal bleeding. There was no history of previous abdominal surgery. Three years ago, she underwent a radical right mastectomy with dissection of axillary lymph nodes because of invasive lobular breast cancer. Immunohistochemical staining was positive for estrogen and progesterone receptors, while HER2 resulted negative. She had been treated with anastrozole all the years subsequent to her mastectomy. On examination, her abdomen was normal. Rectal examination revealed big thrombosed hemorrhoids with signs of recent bleeding. …
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Metadata
Title
Rectal Metastases from Breast Cancer. A Case Report
Author
Edson Guzmán-Calderón
Publication date
01-06-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 1941-6628
Electronic ISSN: 1941-6636
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-016-9827-3

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