Synchronous Uterine Metastases from Breast Cancer: Case Study and Literature Review

Breast cancer rarely metastasizes to the uterus. Here, we report two breast cancer patients with synchronous metastases to the uterus. Case 1 highlights a 46-year-old female with invasive ductal carcinoma who presented with a breast mass and was found to have uterine enlargement on positron emission...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Akhtar, Aisha, Ratra, Atul, Puckett, Yana, Sheikh, Abu Baker, Ronaghan, Catherine A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5766353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29344435
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1840
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Sumario:Breast cancer rarely metastasizes to the uterus. Here, we report two breast cancer patients with synchronous metastases to the uterus. Case 1 highlights a 46-year-old female with invasive ductal carcinoma who presented with a breast mass and was found to have uterine enlargement on positron emission tomography (PET) scan. Biopsy revealed a metastatic 4 mm focus of breast cancer in the background of endometrial hyperplasia. Case 2 reports a 62-year-old postmenopausal female diagnosed with lobular carcinoma of the breast following an abnormal screening mammogram. A routine pap smear necessitated further workup, revealing simultaneous endometrial and cervical metastasis. Both patients did not have any gynecologic symptoms and presented a diagnostic challenge.

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