Breast cancer metastatic to uterine leiomyoma: a case report

J Obstet Gynaecol (Tokyo 1995). 1995 Aug;21(4):349-55. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1995.tb01022.x.

Abstract

A case is reported of a 51-year-old woman who had a hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy in the same year, following a radical mastoidectomy for breast cancer with metastases to the axillary lymph nodes. Histological examination showed breast cancer metastatic to uterine leiomyoma. The literature about metastasis of extragenital cancer to a leiomyoma is reviewed, and the possible mechanism involved is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Lobular / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leiomyomatosis / pathology*
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Middle Aged
  • Uterine Neoplasms / secondary*