title: Axillary metastasis in a patient with double neoplasia: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Axillary lymph node metastases in women are most frequently associated with breast cancer. Few cases have been reported to be related to other primary tumors of the breast. Furthermore, emperipolesis, a phenomenon that occurs as a result of the phagocytosis of hematopoietic cells by neoplastic cells, is observed in few tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 72-year-old woman presenting endometrial and breast cancer developed axillary metastasis 2 months after diagnosis of breast cancer. A fine needle aspiration was performed. A diagnosis of metastasis from endometrial cancer was made on the basis of cytological characteristics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The morphologic features in this case (emperipolesis) oriented as axillary metastases from primary endometrial cancer.
authors.affiliation: cytopathology Unit, Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain. 86780@imas.imim.es
authors.forename: Francesc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alameda
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pijuan
authors.forename: Belen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lloveras
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carreras
authors.forename: Sergi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Serrano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001365:Axilla; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D018269:Carcinoma, Endometrioid / Q000556:secondary*; D057687:Emperipolesis; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*