Occult Breast Carcinoma Presenting as Scalp Metastasis

Breast cancer is the most common tumor among women, and approximately 6% of the patients have de novo metastatic breast cancer. Occult breast cancer accounts for only 0.1–0.8% of the cases and most commonly presents with axillary lymphadenopathy. Scalp metastases are rare and have been described as...

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Autores principales: Costa, Ricardo L.B., Costa-Filho, Rubens B., Rosa, Marilin, Czerniecki, Brian J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5731106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29279704
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000484346
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author Costa, Ricardo L.B.
Costa-Filho, Rubens B.
Rosa, Marilin
Czerniecki, Brian J.
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description Breast cancer is the most common tumor among women, and approximately 6% of the patients have de novo metastatic breast cancer. Occult breast cancer accounts for only 0.1–0.8% of the cases and most commonly presents with axillary lymphadenopathy. Scalp metastases are rare and have been described as a sign of progression or widespread metastatic disease. Here, we describe a rare case of de novo metastatic breast cancer to the scalp as the single site of spread and without an identifiable primary breast tumor.
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spelling pubmed-57311062017-12-26 Occult Breast Carcinoma Presenting as Scalp Metastasis Costa, Ricardo L.B. Costa-Filho, Rubens B. Rosa, Marilin Czerniecki, Brian J. Case Rep Oncol Case Report Breast cancer is the most common tumor among women, and approximately 6% of the patients have de novo metastatic breast cancer. Occult breast cancer accounts for only 0.1–0.8% of the cases and most commonly presents with axillary lymphadenopathy. Scalp metastases are rare and have been described as a sign of progression or widespread metastatic disease. Here, we describe a rare case of de novo metastatic breast cancer to the scalp as the single site of spread and without an identifiable primary breast tumor. S. Karger AG 2017-11-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5731106/ /pubmed/29279704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000484346 Text en Copyright © 2017 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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Costa, Ricardo L.B.
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Occult Breast Carcinoma Presenting as Scalp Metastasis
title Occult Breast Carcinoma Presenting as Scalp Metastasis
title_full Occult Breast Carcinoma Presenting as Scalp Metastasis
title_fullStr Occult Breast Carcinoma Presenting as Scalp Metastasis
title_full_unstemmed Occult Breast Carcinoma Presenting as Scalp Metastasis
title_short Occult Breast Carcinoma Presenting as Scalp Metastasis
title_sort occult breast carcinoma presenting as scalp metastasis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5731106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29279704
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000484346
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