Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Caecal metastasis from breast cancer presenting as intestinal obstruction | World Journal of Surgical Oncology BioMed Central Case report Open Access Caecal metastasis from breast cancer presenting as intestinal obstruction Rashmi Birla 1 Kamal Kumar Mahawar1 Mavis Orizu1 Muhammad S Siddiqui2 and Arun Batra3 Address Department of General Surgery University Hospital of Hartlepool Hartlepool TS24 9AH UK 2Department Of Pathology University Hospital of Hartlepool Hartlepool TS24 9AH UK and 3Department Of Radiology University Hospital of Hartlepool Hartlepool TS24 9AH UK Email Rashmi Birla - rpbirla@ Kamal Kumar Mahawar - kamal_mahawar@ Mavis Orizu - Muhammad S Siddiqui - Arun Batra - Corresponding author Published 9 May 2008 Received 21 November 2007 World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008 6 47 doi l477-78l 9-6-47 Accepted 9 May 2008 This article is available from http content 6 l 47 2008 Birla et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Gastrointestinal metastsasis from the breast cancer are rare. We report a patient who presented with intestinal obstruction due to solitary caecal metastasis from infiltrating ductal carcinoma of breast. We also review the available literature briefly. Case presentation A 72 year old lady with past history of breast cancer presented with intestinal obstruction due to a caecal mass. She underwent an emergency right hemicolectomy. The histological examination of the right hemicolectomy specimen revealed an adenocarcinoma in caecum staining positive for Cytokeratin 7 and Carcinoembryonic antigen and negative for Cytokeratin 20 CDX2 and Estrogen receptor. Eight out of ll mesenteric nodes showed tumour deposits. A histological .
