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Endometrial metastasis from signet-ring breast carcinoma: case report

  • A. Chehal1
  • M. Seoud2*,
  • A. Taher1
  • N. Salem3
  • A. Khalil2
  • A. Shamsseddine1

1Departmentof Internal Medicine, Lebanon

2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lebanon

3Department of Pathology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo200206563 Vol.23,Issue 6,November 2002 pp.563-564

Published: 10 November 2002

*Corresponding Author(s): M. Seoud E-mail:

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Abstract

Breast cancer rarely metastasizes to the endometrium. The signet-ring variety of breast cancer is very rare and has been reported to metastasize to the endometrium in only three previous reports. We present a patient with signet-ring breast carcinoma with metastasis to the endometrium. The patient presented with vaginal bleeding and was found to have wide spread metastasis. Endometrial metastasis in patients with signet-ring breast cancer usually denotes a poor prognosis.

Keywords

Signet ring breast cancer; Endometrial metastasis


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A. Chehal,M. Seoud,A. Taher,N. Salem,A. Khalil,A. Shamsseddine. Endometrial metastasis from signet-ring breast carcinoma: case report. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2002. 23(6);563-564.

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