Metastases to myometrium
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Metastases to the myometrium is an uncommon situation but has been occasionally reported with extra uterineextrauterine cancers such as breast cancer 4 (considered commonest primary site) and colon cancer (e.g. sigmoid colon 3).
Differential diagnosis
Possible differential considerations include
- primary myometrial based uterine lesions
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myometrial invasion from an endometrial lesion
- e.g. endometrial cancer
-<p><strong>Metastases to the myometrium</strong> is an uncommon situation but has been occasionally reported with extra uterine cancers such as <a title="Breast cancer" href="/articles/breast-neoplasms">breast cancer</a> <sup>4</sup> (considered commonest primary site) and <a title="Colon cancer" href="/articles/colorectal-carcinoma">colon cancer</a> (e.g. sigmoid colon <sup>3</sup>).</p><h4>Differential diagnosis</h4><p>Possible differential considerations include</p><ul>- +<p><strong>Metastases to the myometrium</strong> is an uncommon situation but has been occasionally reported with extrauterine cancers such as <a href="/articles/breast-neoplasms">breast cancer</a> <sup>4</sup> (considered commonest primary site) and <a href="/articles/colorectal-carcinoma">colon cancer</a> (e.g. sigmoid colon <sup>3</sup>).</p><h4>Differential diagnosis</h4><p>Possible differential considerations include</p><ul>
-<li><a title="Uterine leiomyoma" href="/articles/uterine-leiomyoma">uterine leiomyoma</a></li>-<li><a title="Uterine leiomyosarcoma" href="/articles/uterine-leiomyosarcoma">uterine leiomyosarcoma</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/uterine-leiomyoma">uterine leiomyoma</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/uterine-leiomyosarcoma">uterine leiomyosarcoma</a></li>
-<a title="myometrial invasion" href="/articles/myometrial-invasion">myometrial invasion</a> from an endometrial lesion <ul><li>e.g. <a title="Endometrial cancer" href="/articles/endometrial-carcinoma">endometrial cancer</a>- +<a href="/articles/myometrial-invasion">myometrial invasion</a> from an endometrial lesion <ul><li>e.g. <a href="/articles/endometrial-carcinoma">endometrial cancer</a>
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