Metastatic breast cancer presenting as a primary hindgut neuroendocrine tumour

Alicia F.C. Okines; Eliza A. Hawkes; Sheela Rao; Nicholas Van As; Henry Marsh; Angela Riddell; Philip O.G. Wilson; Peter Osin; Andrew C. Wetherspoon

Metastatic breast cancer presenting as a primary hindgut neuroendocrine tumour

Alicia F.C. Okines, Eliza A. Hawkes, Sheela Rao, Nicholas Van As, Henry Marsh, Angela Riddell, Philip O.G. Wilson, Peter Osin, Andrew C. Wetherspoon

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Abstract

The examination of limited, potentially non-representative fragments of tumour tissue from a core biopsy can be misleading and misdirect subsequent treatment, especially in cases where a primary tumour has not been identified. This case report is of a 65-year-old woman presenting with a destructive sacral mass, diagnosed on radiological imaging and core biopsy as a hindgut neuroendocrine tumour, which on histopathological review of the subsequently resected tumour was found instead to represent a metastasis from an occult hormone-positive breast cancer with neuroendocrine features.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3015-3018
Number of pages	4
Journal	Anticancer Research
Volume	30
Issue number	7
Publication status	Published - Jul 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Breast cancer
Carcinoid
Hindgut
Neuroedocrine tumour

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Metastatic breast cancer presenting as a primary hindgut neuroendocrine tumour

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