Clinical case of mucinous breast cancer in a patient with endometrial cancer in anamnesis

   We report a case of mucinous breast cancer with metastases in the skull in a patient with endometr ial cancer in anamnesis. We decided to demonstrate this clinical case because of the complexity of the differential diagnosis between mucinous breast cancer and benign breast tumor.

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