Invasive ductal breast cancer metastatic to the sigmoid colon
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Invasive ductal breast cancer metastatic to the sigmoid colon
The most common sites of breast cancer metastasis are the bone, lung, liver and brain. However, colonic metastases from breast cancer are very rare in the clinic. We describe an unusual case of sigmoid colonic metastasis from invasive ductal breast cancer. With this report, we should increase the clinical awareness that any patient with a colorectal lesion and a history of malignancy should be ...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Surgical Oncology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1477-7819
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-256