Synchronous Uterine Metastases from Breast Cancer: Case Study and Literature Review

نویسندگان

  • Aisha Akhtar
  • Atul Ratra
  • Yana Puckett
  • Abu Baker Sheikh
  • Catherine A Ronaghan
چکیده

Breast cancer rarely metastasizes to the uterus. Here, we report two breast cancer patients with synchronous metastases to the uterus. Case 1 highlights a 46-year-old female with invasive ductal carcinoma who presented with a breast mass and was found to have uterine enlargement on positron emission tomography (PET) scan. Biopsy revealed a metastatic 4 mm focus of breast cancer in the background of endometrial hyperplasia. Case 2 reports a 62-year-old postmenopausal female diagnosed with lobular carcinoma of the breast following an abnormal screening mammogram. A routine pap smear necessitated further workup, revealing simultaneous endometrial and cervical metastasis. Both patients did not have any gynecologic symptoms and presented a diagnostic challenge.

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دوره 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017