title: Metastatic breast cancer to the uterine cervix mimicking a giant cervical leiomyoma.
abstract: Metastasis to the uterine cervix is a complication of breast cancer that is not commonly known. Detection of cervical metastasis before the diagnosis of the primary tumor is even rarer. The present report describes a case of a 52-year-old woman who had a large cervical tumor appearing as a leiomyoma. She underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Histopathological examination of the cervical tumor showed patterns characteristic of invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast, leading to the discovery of the primary in the left breast. She subsequently underwent mastectomy, hormone therapy and chemotherapy, and is alive at 7-year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Mai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horikawa
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Sachi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: Shiho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Shigeko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Tomomitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamoto
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*