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Metastatic lobular carcinoma of the breast diagnosed in cervicovaginal samples. A case report
D W Mallow1, P A Humphrey, J T Soper
1Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Acta Cytologica
|March 1, 1997
Abstract
Background:
Malignant tumors with extragenital origins are rare in cervicovaginal samples.
Case:
A case of metastatic lobular carcinoma of the breast was diagnosed in a cervicovaginal smear. Histologic correlation was performed. Marker studies for carcinoembryonic antigen, human milk fat globule membrane, epidermal growth factor receptor, epithelial membrane antigen and cytokeratin were positive.
Conclusion:
Recognition of extrauterine cancer in the cervicovaginal smear has important diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic implications.