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METASTASES TO THE UTERUS
Author(s) -
Kiær William,
HolmJensen Sven
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section a pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-4184
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1972.tb00355.x
Subject(s) - uterus , signet ring cell , pathology , medicine , stomach , mucus , endometrium , biology , adenocarcinoma , cancer , ecology
Five cases of endometrial metastases from extrapelvic tumours are reported. The diagnosis was based on curettings. Four of the primary tumours affected the breast. In the 3 cases where the histological specimens were obtained for revision the tumours proved to be of a special histological type resembling épithélioma à cellules indépendantes et sécrétantes. The fifth primary tumour was in the stomach. A common feature was the presence of mucus‐filled signet‐ring cells without extracellular mucus. The endometrial metastases showed similar appearances, but were cellular unlike the breast cancers.