Abstract
Metastases to the uterus are rare and account for less than 10% of all metastases to the female genital tract from extragenital cancers. 1 The endometrium is even less frequently affected by metastases. 1 The most common type of breast cancer that metastasizes to the uterus is infiltrating lobular carcinoma. 1 Other histologic types of breast carcinoma that may metastasize to the endometrium include infiltrating ductal carcinoma and signet ring breast carcinoma. 1-5 We report an unusual case in which a postmenopausal patient with infiltrating mammary ductal carcinoma receiving tamoxifen presented because of recent mild uterine bleeding. Transvaginal sonography depicted a symmetrically thickened endometrium and a small hydrometra. Tissue obtained at curettage confirmed metastatic carcinoma consistent with mammary ductal carcinoma.
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