Breast cancer metastatic to uterine leiomyoma: a case report.
A case is reported of a 51-year-old woman who had a hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy in the same year, following a radical mastoidectomy for breast cancer with metastases to the axillary lymph nodes. Histological examination showed breast cancer metastatic to uterine leiomyoma. The literature about metastasis of extragenital cancer to a leiomyoma is reviewed, and the possible mechanism involved is discussed.
Sugiyama
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mie University School of Medicine, Japan.
Toyoda
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N
Nose
J
J
Kihira
N
N
Ando
Y
Y
Ishihara
A
A
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*