A CASE OF BREAST CANCER METASTASIZED TO STOMACH

Abstract

A 61-year-old woman was seen at our department because of low abdominal pain and lumbago in September 2005. A diagnosis of multiple bone metastasis at cervical and lumbar vertebra had been made in the orthopedics department. A diagnosis of multiple liver metastasis was made based on abdominal CT. An image of a category 5 mass was found by mammography in the left C region. A diagnosis of breast cancer (infiltration cancer) was made following aspiration cytology of this lesion. A tumor of type 4 on the greater curvature in the stomach was revealed by gastroscopy. A diagnosis of breast cancer metastasized to stomach was made by immunohistologic dyeing views. Taxol 80mg/m² (Day 1, 8, 15 Every 4 Wks) was administered for 1 cycle until the present. Breast cancer stomach metastasis is rare, and there are reports of 57 cases in Japan. Though the prognosis is bad, There is a long-term survival example in the endocrine therapy group. Though the diagnosis of breast cancer metastasized to stomach is difficult, it is important to consider this when monitoring breast cancer postoperatively.