Diagnosis of Uterine Metastasis of Lobular Carcinoma of Breast Prior to Breast Cancer Detection in Imam Reza Hospital- Tehran

Maryam Khayyat Khameneie¹ and Nahid Arian pour²*

Received:August 07, 2020   Published: August 18, 2020

DOI: 10.32474/SCSOAJ.2020.05.000216

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Abstract

Metastasis of the breast cancer to the uterus happens in 8% of cases. In most of the reported cases, metastasis is detected following diagnosis and treatment of the primary cancer. Detection of metastases before diagnosis of the primary cancer is quite rare. Here, we report a case of invasive lobular breast carcinoma metastasized to the uterus with initial presentation of uterine myoma while she lacked any symptom related to breast cancer.
A 49 years old woman was admitted to Imam Reza hospital with a very large uterine leiomyoma or leiomyo-sarcoma. She was diagnosed with osteo-metastasis based on CT scan, whole body bone scan and elevated tumor markers. The pathology report of samples collected during laparotomy, subtotal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and colostomy revealed involvement of the uterus and leiomyoma with invasive lobular carcinoma of breast.

Keywords: Breast cancer, Invasive lobular carcinoma, uterine metastasis, Large uterine myoma

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