Linitis plastica of the colon due to metastases of invasive lobular breast carcinoma

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2019 Apr;111(4):326-328. doi: 10.17235/reed.2019.6065/2018.

Abstract

Colon metastases from breast carcinoma are relatively rare and the invasive lobular subtype tends to metastasize more frequently due to its peritoneal dissemination. A 67-year-old female with a lobular subtype breast neoplasm was treated via a surgical resection ten years previously, with subsequent radiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy. She is currently in clinical remission. A colonoscopy was performed due to a recent onset cachexia syndrome, which identified diffuse linitis plastica of the colon. Biopsies confirmed that it was secondary to infiltration by cancer cells of invasive lobular breast carcinoma (ILBC). In conclusion, linitis plastica of the colon may be a new presentation of colon metastases from ILBC.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / therapy
  • Carcinoma, Lobular / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Lobular / secondary*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Colonic Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Linitis Plastica / drug therapy
  • Linitis Plastica / pathology
  • Linitis Plastica / secondary*