Abstract

The biliary tract is an unusual site of metastasis from breast carcinoma, and this has rarely been reported in the literature. We report the case of a 42-year-old woman diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for an incidental finding of gallbladder wall thickening on ultrasonography, which was subsequently confirmed to be consistent with metastasis from the breast primary.

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Authors

Riaz N, Ahmed R, Afzal S, Masood N

Institution

Section of Breast Diseases, Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan. nazia.riaz@aku.edu

Source

Singapore medical journal 53:7 2012 Jul pg e136-8

MeSH

Adult
Biliary Tract
Breast Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Lobular
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic
Disease Progression
Female
Gallbladder Neoplasms
Humans
Neoplasm Metastasis
Prognosis
Treatment Outcome

Pub Type(s)

Case Reports
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22815028