Delayed Presentation of Metastatic Breast Cancer Masquerading as Nonspecific Gastritis.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-7-2025

Publication Title

ACG case reports journal

Abstract

Gastric metastasis from breast cancer is often difficult to diagnose due to nonspecific symptoms and variable endoscopic findings. We report a case of a 64-year-old woman with a long history of stable metastatic breast cancer to the spine who presented with new-onset weight loss and nausea. Cross-sectional imaging was negative for cancer spread to the gastrointestinal tract. She was found to have biopsy-proven breast cancer cells in the stomach, despite the absence of gastric lesions in a follow-up positron emission tomography scan. Apart from minimal gastritis, there were no visible nodules, ulcers, or features of linitis plastica on endoscopy.

Volume

12

Issue

7

First Page

e01761

DOI

10.14309/crj.0000000000001761

ISSN

2326-3253

PubMed ID

40626262

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