Year 2025 / Volume 117 / Number 9
Letter
When breast cancer spreads below the belt — A case of rectal metastasis from invasive lobular carcinoma

543-544

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2025.11378/2025

Julieta Puente-Monserrat, Leticia Pérez-Santiago, Liria Terrádez-Mas, Vicente Pla-Martí, David Casado-Rodrigo, José Martín-Arévalo, David Moro-Valdezate, Stephanie Anne García-Botello,

Abstract
We present the case of a 62-year-old woman diagnosed in 2014 with invasive luminal A lobular carcinoma (ILC) of the breast (T3N0M0). She underwent a modified radical mastectomy, followed by radiotherapy and five years of endocrine therapy with letrozole. In 2021, therapy was discontinued due to musculoskeletal side effects. Seven years after diagnosis, the patient developed symptoms of partial bowel obstruction, along with a progressive rise in CA15.3 levels during oncological follow-up. Multiple diagnostic evaluations—including colonoscopies, enteric MRI, and PET scan—yielded normal results, initially suggesting inflammatory bowel disease.
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Puente-Monserrat J, Pérez-Santiago L, Terrádez-Mas L, Pla-Martí V, Casado-Rodrigo D, Martín-Arévalo J, et all. When breast cancer spreads below the belt — A case of rectal metastasis from invasive lobular carcinoma. 11378/2025


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Publication history

Received: 30/05/2025

Accepted: 25/06/2025

Online First: 04/07/2025

Published: 15/09/2025

Article Online First time: 35 days

Article editing time: 108 days


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