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Breast metastases: A rare manifestation of advanced uterine serous carcinoma

Metastasis of non-mammary tumors to the breast are uncommon, representing <1% of all breast tumors. Breast metastasis are associated with advanced disease and poor prognosis regardless of the origin of the primary tumor. Uterine cancer metastasis to the breast is an extremely rare finding and has...

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Autores principales: McEachron, Jennifer, Mendoza, Rachel, Lee, Yi-Chun, Kanis, Margaux J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6806454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31656850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2019.100500
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author McEachron, Jennifer
Mendoza, Rachel
Lee, Yi-Chun
Kanis, Margaux J.
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description Metastasis of non-mammary tumors to the breast are uncommon, representing <1% of all breast tumors. Breast metastasis are associated with advanced disease and poor prognosis regardless of the origin of the primary tumor. Uterine cancer metastasis to the breast is an extremely rare finding and has not been reported in the case of serous histology. Here, we review two cases of uterine serous carcinoma metastatic to the breast. Both patients presented with breast-specific complaints including pain and palpable mass and were found to have widely metastatic disease. Tissue biopsy and immunohistochemistry consistent with primary uterine serous carcinoma confirmed the diagnosis of metastasis in both cases. Our findings suggest hematogenous metastasis to the breast is a late phenomenon in the course of endometrial carcinoma and associated with the development of disease at multiple sites. This emphasizes the importance of complete evaluation in patients presenting with breast complaints and known history of malignancy, as this may be the only presenting symptoms in patients with widely metastatic disease.
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spelling pubmed-68064542019-10-25 Breast metastases: A rare manifestation of advanced uterine serous carcinoma McEachron, Jennifer Mendoza, Rachel Lee, Yi-Chun Kanis, Margaux J. Gynecol Oncol Rep Case Series Metastasis of non-mammary tumors to the breast are uncommon, representing <1% of all breast tumors. Breast metastasis are associated with advanced disease and poor prognosis regardless of the origin of the primary tumor. Uterine cancer metastasis to the breast is an extremely rare finding and has not been reported in the case of serous histology. Here, we review two cases of uterine serous carcinoma metastatic to the breast. Both patients presented with breast-specific complaints including pain and palpable mass and were found to have widely metastatic disease. Tissue biopsy and immunohistochemistry consistent with primary uterine serous carcinoma confirmed the diagnosis of metastasis in both cases. Our findings suggest hematogenous metastasis to the breast is a late phenomenon in the course of endometrial carcinoma and associated with the development of disease at multiple sites. This emphasizes the importance of complete evaluation in patients presenting with breast complaints and known history of malignancy, as this may be the only presenting symptoms in patients with widely metastatic disease. Elsevier 2019-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6806454/ /pubmed/31656850 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2019.100500 Text en © 2019 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Kanis, Margaux J.
Breast metastases: A rare manifestation of advanced uterine serous carcinoma
title Breast metastases: A rare manifestation of advanced uterine serous carcinoma
title_full Breast metastases: A rare manifestation of advanced uterine serous carcinoma
title_fullStr Breast metastases: A rare manifestation of advanced uterine serous carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Breast metastases: A rare manifestation of advanced uterine serous carcinoma
title_short Breast metastases: A rare manifestation of advanced uterine serous carcinoma
title_sort breast metastases: a rare manifestation of advanced uterine serous carcinoma
topic Case Series
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6806454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31656850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2019.100500
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