title: Endometrial metastasis from signet-ring breast carcinoma: case report.
abstract: Breast cancer rarely metastasizes to the endometrium. The signet-ring variety of breast cancer is very rare and has been reported to metastasize to the endometrium in only three previous reports. We present a patient with signet-ring breast carcinoma with metastasis to the endometrium. The patient presented with vaginal bleeding and was found to have wide spread metastasis. Endometrial metastasis in patients with signet-ring breast cancer usually denotes a poor prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chehal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seoud
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taher
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Salem
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shamsseddine
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed