Breast Cancer Presenting as Unilateral Arm Edema

CONTEXT: Symptomatic arm lymphedema as the presenting symptom of invasive breast carcinoma is a rare occurrence. DESIGN: We report a case of invasive breast cancer presenting with unilateral arm swelling. The patient was initially thought to have venous thrombosis. A thorough physical examination an...

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Autores principales: Zakaria, Shaheen, Johnson, Ruth, Pockaj, Barbara A., Degnim, Amy C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2007
Materias:
Case Reports/Clinical Vignettes
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1852908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17443377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-006-0077-0
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author Zakaria, Shaheen
Johnson, Ruth
Pockaj, Barbara A.
Degnim, Amy C.
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Johnson, Ruth
Pockaj, Barbara A.
Degnim, Amy C.
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description CONTEXT: Symptomatic arm lymphedema as the presenting symptom of invasive breast carcinoma is a rare occurrence. DESIGN: We report a case of invasive breast cancer presenting with unilateral arm swelling. The patient was initially thought to have venous thrombosis. A thorough physical examination and a mammogram revealed the presence of breast cancer and associated subclinical axillary lymphadenopathy. CONCLUSION: Failure to recognize this presentation can lead to misdiagnosis or a significant delay in diagnosis and treatment.
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spelling pubmed-18529082008-04-30 Breast Cancer Presenting as Unilateral Arm Edema Zakaria, Shaheen Johnson, Ruth Pockaj, Barbara A. Degnim, Amy C. J Gen Intern Med Case Reports/Clinical Vignettes CONTEXT: Symptomatic arm lymphedema as the presenting symptom of invasive breast carcinoma is a rare occurrence. DESIGN: We report a case of invasive breast cancer presenting with unilateral arm swelling. The patient was initially thought to have venous thrombosis. A thorough physical examination and a mammogram revealed the presence of breast cancer and associated subclinical axillary lymphadenopathy. CONCLUSION: Failure to recognize this presentation can lead to misdiagnosis or a significant delay in diagnosis and treatment. Springer-Verlag 2007-01-17 2007-05 /pmc/articles/PMC1852908/ /pubmed/17443377 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-006-0077-0 Text en © Society of General Internal Medicine 2007
spellingShingle Case Reports/Clinical Vignettes
Zakaria, Shaheen
Johnson, Ruth
Pockaj, Barbara A.
Degnim, Amy C.
Breast Cancer Presenting as Unilateral Arm Edema
title Breast Cancer Presenting as Unilateral Arm Edema
title_full Breast Cancer Presenting as Unilateral Arm Edema
title_fullStr Breast Cancer Presenting as Unilateral Arm Edema
title_full_unstemmed Breast Cancer Presenting as Unilateral Arm Edema
title_short Breast Cancer Presenting as Unilateral Arm Edema
title_sort breast cancer presenting as unilateral arm edema
topic Case Reports/Clinical Vignettes
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1852908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17443377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-006-0077-0
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