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Five patients with gastric metastasis from breast cancer were treated in our hospital. About the histopathological types of primary breast cancer, 4 patients were invasive ductal carcinomas and 1 was invasive lobular carcinoma. One patient was found by gastrointestinal fiberscopy for a detailed examination of her high CEA, 2 for stenosis, 1 for bleeding and 1 for epigastralgia. After the diagnosis of gastric metastasis, 2 patients were treated with chemotherapies, 1 with hormone therapy and 2 with palliative treatments. One of them was treated with gastroduodenal stenting for pyloric stenosis, but she was died by bleeding from gastric lesion. Based on the results, constriction and bleeding with gastric metastasis is considered to be severe condition in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer.This is the case of a 72-year-old man in whom multiple colorectal cancers including rectal and appendiceal cancers and synchronous S3 liver metastases were observed in 2014, and resection was performed in 2 stages. In 2017, a single recurrence was found in the liver S8, and he underwent a liver S8 sub-segmental resection. Implantation of a CV port for postoperative chemotherapy was planned. At the time of insertion, the catheter was punctured from the exterior portion of the left subclavian vein to avoid the pinch-off syndrome wherein the catheter is crushed between the clavicle and the first rib. Subsequently, FOLFOX therapy was started, but it was discontinued because of allergic symptoms, which appeared during the third course. Two years after the CV port was implanted, a catheter fracture was found on a chest X-ray performed during a regular visit. Since the detached catheter did not fall into the vein, it was possible to remove the port under fluoroscopy. When a catheter is implanted, even under ultrasound guidance, it is considered important to always keep in mind the possibility of a catheter fracture and to detect and respond to it early.When the primary breast cancer disappears by neoadjuvant chemotherapy, it is often difficult to detect it during the breast preserving surgery. Before neoadjuvant chemotherapy, preoperative nipple-side HydroMARK-marking, which was made of titanium coil and hydrogel, was a very useful and effective method because of its fine detection by ultrasonography. We report a case of 51-year-old female with the triple negative breast cancer(TNBC). At first, the HydroMARK was inserted between the nipple and the tumor. Its distance was about 10 mm toward the nipple. EC therapy followed by docetaxel was performed for 6 months as neoadjuvant chemotherapy. After that, her left TNBC(T1N0M0, Stage Ⅰ, invasive ductal carcinoma, ER[-], PgR[-], HER2[-])was disappeared in all imagings and resected in August 2018. The HydroMARK was clearly detected by intraoperative ultrasonography and her right breast preserving surgery was completely performed. GinsenosideRg1 Its pathological finding was pCR(pathological complete response).A 52-year-old woman experienced right breast pain and detected a mammary tumor 6 months ago. She then noticed rapid enlargement of the tumor, which was suspected to be a borderline malignant phyllodes tumor. The tumor size was approximately 15 cm and presented with skin congestion but without infiltration. The tumor showed internal heterogeneous echo and rich blood flow signals on breast ultrasonography. Ultrasonography also showed swelling of the axillary lymph node. Lymph node cytology revealed the presence of atypical cells in the lymph node, and CT scan showed lymph node metastasis in the right axilla and no distant metastases. We performed mastectomy with lymph node sampling. Pathological examination of the specimens confirmed a malignant phyllodes tumor and a metastatic lymph node. One month later, a subcutaneous mass and multiple pulmonary nodules were identified on a chest CT scan. Chest wall irradiation(45 Gy)and chemotherapy were performed, but the number of pulmonary nodules, pleural effusion, and size of the subcutaneous mass continued to increase. Although she underwent another chemotherapeutic treatment, she died 5 months after the surgery. Thus, we report a case of a malignant phyllodes tumor with an extremely rare lymph node metastasis, which rapidly progressed even though multimodal therapy was performed.A 70-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with acute abdominal pain. Abdominal CT showed a 6-cm-sized tumor near the third portion of the duodenum, and a duodenal GIST was suspected. Although the abdominal pain was intense and the tumor was suspected to be ruptured, the vital signs were stable; therefore, we initially planned to perform an elective surgery. However, because the pain could not be controlled, the surgery was performed on the 6th day of hospitalization. The tumor appeared to be a duodenal GIST because it was pulling the third portion of the duodenum inwards. It had a strong tendency to infiltrate the surrounding organs; therefore, forced resection of the right colon, which is the surrounding organ, was performed. Pathological findings showed that the resected specimen was a desmoid tumor and the surgical margins were negative. The postoperative course 1 year after surgery was favorable, and no tumor recurrence occurred. We report a case of desmoid tumor, which caused acute abdominal pain.A woman in the 60s. She was referred to our hospital because the fecal occult blood test was positive. Colonoscopy was performed. Cancer is found in the transverse colon. There were no metastases in the lungs and liver. Laparoscopic left hemicolectomy was performed. Histopathological examination was adenocarcinoma(tub1>tub2>muc), pT1b, pN2, ly2, v1, pPM0, pDM0, pRM0, budding(0, Grade 1), fStage Ⅲb. After postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy, she visited an outpatient clinic 8 months after surgery with a complaint of swelling of both inguinal lymph nodes. The swollen inguinal lymph node was relatively soft and there was no evidence of infection. A biopsy of the bilateral lymph nodes was performed. Histopathological examination revealed adenocarcinoma containing mucus components. These findings were consistent with histological findings in transverse colon cancer. Based on these results, we diagnosed metastatic recurrence from transverse colon cancer to both inguinal lymph nodes.