UTERINE LEIOMYOMA METASTASIS AS A FIRST SIGN OF BREAST-CANCER

Uterine metastases from extragenital cancer are rarely reported in the literature. More frequently, the female genital tract is involved by direct extension from an adjacent pelvic organ. A 37-year-old woman ha d a myoma oi the uterine wall and hypermenorrhea. The mass was laparos copically enucleated, and frozen section examination was performed bec ause it was macroscopically suspicious for sarcomatoid degeneration. T he final diagnosis was metastatic carcinoma in the uterus of probable breast origin.