Metrorrhagia disclosing a synchronous bilateral breast cancer: report of a case

• Published in: Gynécologie, obstétrique & fertilité Vol. 42; no. 5; pp. 360 - 364
• Main Authors: Benkerroum, Z, Babahabib, A, Kouach, J, Chahdi, H, Al Bouzidi, A, Moussaoui Rehali, D, Dehayni, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French
• Published: France 01.05.2014
• Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - pathology; Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - pathology; Carcinoma, Lobular - pathology; Carcinoma, Lobular - secondary; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mammography; Metrorrhagia - etiology; Middle Aged; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - pathology; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - secondary; Synchronous bilateral breast cancer; Carcinome lobulaire infiltrant; Genital metastasis; Diagnostic; Métastase génitale; Invasive ductal carcinoma; Diagnosis; Cancer du sein bilatéral synchrone; Carcinome canalaire infiltrant; Invasive lobular carcinoma
• ISSN: 1769-6682
• DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2013.11.009

Genital metastases are very rarely indicative of breast cancer; they are exceptionally located at the cervix. These atypical locations are more common when it comes to a metastatic breast cancer or a histological infiltrating lobular type. The simultaneous association of a lobular and a ductal infiltrating cancer under a synchronous bilateral breast cancer still remains a rare entity. In this work, we report the observation of a woman aged 48 who has a synchronous bilateral breast cancer, of different histological types, and who reported at first a genital bleeding which is caused by a metastasis in the cervix of the uterus.