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A Case of Breast Cancer Metastatic to Uterine Leiomyoma
Sun Hee Kang, M.D., You Sah Kim, M.D., Sang Sook Lee, M.D.
Department of Surgery, and Pathology , Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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Fig. 1. Diffusely infiltrating strands of round to ovoid tumor cells in the indian-file pattern in the whole uterus, including uterine cervix (A), endo- and myometrium (B) and leiomyoma itself (C) (H&E stain, x 100).
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Fig 2. Diffusely infiltrating, single cell strands of indian-file pattern in both breast tissues (A).
Also found ar tumor cells confined to lobules (B) (H&E stain, x 100).
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