Abstract
We report an esophageaI metastasis of breast cancer in a 39-year-old woman whodeveloped dysphagia 4 years ofter a right modified radical mastectomy and chemothrapyfor breast cancer. On barium swa110w, the patient had a tight stricture at the level of thelower-esophagus. Mucosal patten was intact, suggesting that extrinsic compression ormural mass caused the stricture. Esaphagoscopy revealed a tight strincture with normalappearance of overlying mucosa and computed tomography of the chest comfirmedthicking of the esophageal wall. Therefore We diagnosed that this lesion representsesophageal metastasis of breasts cancer and patient was treated with a self-expandingmetal stent as palliative therapy. The stent expanded fully and complication did notoccurred. Dysphagia disapPeared dramatically. Four month later, the patient died as aconsequence of metastatic lung cancer. This case is the first report of the palliativetherapy for an esophageal metastasis from breast cancer with self expanding metal scent, which should be chosen as an option for metastatic tumor of esophagus.
