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Axillary metastasis in a patient with double neoplasia: a case report
Francesc Alameda1, Lara Pijuan, Belen Lloveras
1cytopathology Unit, Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain. 86780@imas.imim.es
Background:
Axillary lymph node metastases in women are most frequently associated with breast cancer. Few cases have been reported to be related to other primary tumors of the breast. Furthermore, emperipolesis, a phenomenon that occurs as a result of the phagocytosis of hematopoietic cells by neoplastic cells, is observed in few tumors.
Case:
A 72-year-old woman presenting endometrial and breast cancer developed axillary metastasis 2 months after diagnosis of breast cancer. A fine needle aspiration was performed. A diagnosis of metastasis from endometrial cancer was made on the basis of cytological characteristics.
Conclusion:
The morphologic features in this case (emperipolesis) oriented as axillary metastases from primary endometrial cancer.
