TY - JOUR
AR - COR-2020-3-112
TI - Metastatic Anal Lesion of Primary Lobular Breast Carcinoma- An Insidious, Rare and Subclinical Progression: Case Report and Review of the Literature
AU - Aisoni F, 
AU - Bonazza S, 
AU - Carcoforo P, 
AU - D’Urbano F, 
AU - Fabbri, Nicolò
AU - Pedriali M, 
AU - Soliani G, 
JO - Clinical Oncology and Research
PY - 2020
DA - Mon 30, Mar 2020
SN - 2613-4942
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.COR.2020.03.12
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/metastatic-anal-lesion-of-primary_COR-2020-3-112 
KW - Breast cancer, metastasis, anal canal, case report
AB - Gastrointestinal metastasis from primary breast carcinoma is very uncommon, with less than 1% of breast
carcinomas metastasize to the gastrointestinal tract but anorectal involvement is even rarer. These metastatic
lesions can lead to diagnostic challenge for clinicians as they can mimic primary colo-rectal cancer due to
the lack of diagnostic signs. The increase of patient survival could lead to an unusual late resumption of
metastatic disease, often for a long-time occult. Nowadays, an almost completely absent literature is unable
to suggest diagnostic pathways capable of predicting this type of disease evolution. We present the case of
a 76-year old woman who underwent treatment for an infiltrative lobular carcinoma of the breast who
developed metastasis of the anal canal 11- years later. A literature review was performed.