Breast Carcinoma Metastatic to Uterine Leiomyoma

Manabe, Toshiaki; Fukuya, Takashi; Tsukayama, Chotatsu

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1827.1979.tb00960.x

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“…Tumor-to-tumor metastasis is an uncommon event, and a computer-assisted literature search produced only 13 examples of breast carcinoma that metastasized to uterine smooth muscle tumors: 11 leiomyomas, one lipoleiomyoma, and one leiomyosarcoma ( Table 2). [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] The average age of the patients at the time of such a diagnosis was 48 years, ranging from 37 to 65 years. All patients had tumors of advanced stage.…”

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Metastatic breast carcinoma identified in a uterine leiomyosarcoma

Yasuhara

Mikami

Ishiguro

2008

Pathology International

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A rare example is described of an advanced invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast with concomitant metastatic foci in a uterine leiomyosarcoma. Both tumors arose in a 48-year-old woman, without any evidence of distant metastases as assessed on imaging at the time of diagnosis. The double diagnosis in this particular case was established on a combination of microscopic appearance of the uterine tumors in the hysterectomy specimen, immunophenotype assessment, and clinical information on the breast carcinoma. But the association between the two malignancies can be challenging and potentially difficult to prove.

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