[Breast carcinoma metastasis in ileum-colon and gallbladder simulating inflammatory diseases].

Abstract

The metastasis in the extrahepatic digestive system are not very frequent and their characteristic is appearing after a long latent period, which takes 3 to 20 years, their symptoms are unspecific and appear to be inflammatory diseases or a second tumor. The most common histological subtype is the lobular carcinoma. Here we show you two cases of breast carcinoma metastasis, one in the ileum-colon and the other in the gallbladder. Both patient started showing symptoms, which led to the diagnosis was done in the surgical specimens where lobular carcinoma cells which infiltrated from the serosa to the mucosa were observed. The immunophenotype resulted to be BCA225, estrogen and progesterone positive. The treatment with radiotherapy, chemotherapy or hormonal therapy provides better life quality but the average chance of survival after the diagnosis is of a year.