title: [Metastasis of breast cancer to a uterine leiomyoma].
abstract: The authors report a case of metastasis of cancer from the breast in a uterine leiomyoma. The metastases into the body of the uterus from extragenital cancers are rare. If they occur they are usually in the myometrium where they are asymptomatic and where the diagnosis is difficult, or in the endometrium where the diagnosis can be made by biopsy after curettage. A few rare cases of metastases in uterine leiomyoma have been reported in the literature. They can be the cause of very sudden increase in size of fibroids with compression of the pelvic organs.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, Paris.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Afriat
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lenain
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vuagnat
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Michenet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Luthier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maitre
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grossetti
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D001706:Biopsy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Métastase d'un cancer du sein dans un léiomyome utérin.