A CASE OF METASTATIC GASTRIC CANCER FROM A MALIGNANT PHYLLODES TUMOR

Abstract

Gastric cancer metastasizing from a malignant phyllodes tumor is rare. A 53-year-old woman underwent simple mastectomy for a malignant phyllodes tumor in October 1996, then partial lobectomy 3 times for metastatic lung tumors 47 months after breast mastectomy. She was readmitted for anemia and melena, and stomach showed metastatis from the malignant phyllodes tumor pathologically. The patient died 51 months after mastectomy. We consider the most effective management of this tumor after mastectomy is early detection of metastasis and aggressive surgical approach if it is resectable.