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BMJ Case Reports 2012; doi:10.1136/bcr-2012-007188
  • Rare disease

Metastatic leiomyosarcoma presenting as bilateral, multifocal breast masses

  1. Brigid K Killelea3
  1. 1Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  2. 2Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  3. 3Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Neil Vasan, neil.vasan{at}yale.edu

Summary

Here we describe a case of metastatic leiomyosarcoma presenting as bilateral, multifocal breast masses. This case represents the convergence of three rare entities: leiomyosarcoma of unknown primary origin, metastases to the breast and bilateral, multicentric breast disease.

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