Abstract
We describe our experience with a case of intestinal metastasis of breast cancer. A 71-year-old woman who had undergone wide tumor excision and sentinel lymph node biopsy for left breast cancer in August 2002 was admitted to our hospital because of abdominal pain and vomiting. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed intestinal stasis only. The patient was treated with non-surgical management, but did not respond. On day 9, abdominal multidetector-row CT (MDCT) was performed, showing intestinal stasis and stenosis. On day 10, a partial resection of the intestine was performed, revealing a diagnosis of primary intestinal carcinoma or intestinal metastasis of breast cancer. The pathological diagnosis was an intestinal metastasis of the breast cancer. Her postoperative course was uneventful.
