Triple negative invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast presents as small bowel obstruction

Abstract

HighlightsMetastatic breast carcinoma rarely spreads to the Gastrointestinal Tract (GIT).GIT breast carcinoma rarely has triple: ER, PR and HER2-neu negative histology.We report a case of triple negative breast carcinoma that spread to the jejunum.This is the first reported case in the U.S.

To Identify Small Bowel Metastasis From Lobular Breast Cancer on 18F-Fluoroestradiol PET/CT

“…Breast cancer frequently metastasizes to the liver, lungs, brain, and the bones. Occult metastases to the small bowels are very rare, and usually present as small bowel obstruction 5–9 . FES uptake has different biodistribution with the more common PET tracer FDG and is influenced by anatomic site 8,10 .…”