Gynecology & Obstetrics
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Department of Health Sciences, Texas Tech University, Permian Basin, Texas, United States

Biography

Dr. Leela S. Pillarisetty is an obstetrician-gynecologist in Odessa, Texas and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Midland Memorial Hospital and ContinueCare Hospital at Medical Center (Odessa).

Publications

• Case Report   
  Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of the Breast Presenting as Small Bowel Obstruction and Ruptured Appendix: A Rare Case Report and Review
  Author(s): Leela S Pillarisetty*, Subhash Nagalla, Meridyth Buschardt and Sumanth Kumar Bandaru
  
  Introduction: Metastasis of breast carcinomas to the GI tract is uncommon, and when present is usually of the invasive lobular carcinoma subtype. This case report presents an even more unusual example of invasive ductal carcinoma metastasizing to the GI tract, and with the unusual presentation of a ruptured appendix and Small bowel obstruction. Case presentation: This case report describes a 52-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with metastatic invasive ductal breast carcinoma, which had an extremely unusual presentation of severe abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting and perforation of the appendix and small bowel obstruction. Although tumors themselves are not an uncommon cause of SBO, metastatic breast cancer is extremely uncommon. Suspicion of breast carcinoma was initially considered after CT scan performed for abdominal pain .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-10932.20.10.518

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