Metastatic Infiltrating Lobular Breast Cancer to the Colon Diagnosed Through Routine Bowel Screening in a 67-Year-Old Female

Breast cancer most commonly metastasizes to the bone, lung, liver, and brain. The colon is an uncommon site for metastases and its symptoms are variable. A 67-year-old female with a history of breast cancer was referred for colonoscopy following a positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT); there were...

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Published inCurēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 14; no. 9
Main Authors Do Jee Eun, Ganguly, Timothy, Chang, Sean, Raju Devinder
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Palo Alto Cureus Inc 17.09.2022
Cureus
Subjects
Biopsy
Blood tests
Breast cancer
Cancer therapies
Case reports
Chemotherapy
Colon
Colonoscopy
General Surgery
Intestinal obstruction
Medical diagnosis
Metastasis
Oncology
Patients
Public Health
Surgery
Surveillance
Tomography
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Summary:Breast cancer most commonly metastasizes to the bone, lung, liver, and brain. The colon is an uncommon site for metastases and its symptoms are variable. A 67-year-old female with a history of breast cancer was referred for colonoscopy following a positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT); there were no discrete lesions concerning for primary colonic cancers or metastasis; however, a random biopsy revealed metastatic breast cancer. The possibility of colonic metastases must be considered when assessing positive FOBT in a patient with previous breast cancer.
ISSN:2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.29279