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- Title
Cutaneous Melanoma Metastatic to Uterine Adenomyoma: Report of a Case.
- Authors
Di Tommaso, Luca; Rahal, Daoud; Bresciani, Gianluigi; Roncalli, Massimo
- Abstract
Describes a case of cutaneous melanoma metastatic to uterine adenomyoma. Representation of all cases of metastasis to uterine polyps by breast cancer; Suggestion that a subset of malignant melanoma and breast cancer cells share a sort of "homing" phenomenon to polypoid lesions of uterus due probably to the presence of some chemokines and their specific receptors; Proposal that chemokine profile of neoplastic cells can be a useful took in predicting metastatic targets.
- Subjects
MELANOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE tumors; METASTASIS; BREAST cancer; CANCER cells; CHEMOKINES
- Publication
International Journal of Surgical Pathology, 2005, Vol 13, Issue 2, p223
- ISSN
1066-8969
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/106689690501300217