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Annals of Oncology 14:803-804, 2003
© 2003 European Society for Medical Oncology

Letters to the Editor

Breast and ovarian metastatic localization of signet-ring cell gastric carcinoma

S. Di Cosimo1, G. Ferretti2, N. Fazio2, M. Mandalà2, G. Curigliano2, S. Bosari3, M. Intra4, A. Latronico5 and A. Goldhirsch1

1 Department of Medical Oncology, University "La Sapienza", Rome; Divisions of 2 Medical Oncology, 3 Pathology, 4 Breast Surgery and 5 Radiology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

*E-mail: sdicosimo@hotmail.com

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Breast metastatic localization from extramammary neoplasms is rare (1.7–6.6% in old autoptic series, 1.2–2% in clinical reports and 2.7% in cytological series) [1]. We describe the first case of a metastatic deposit to the breast and ovary from gastric signet-ring cell carcinoma to be reported in the literature.

In March 1999, a 39-year-old woman . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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