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A case series of metastases to the breast from extramammary malignancies
Metastases to the breast from extra-mammary malignancies are extremely uncommon. The discovery of a breast mass in a patient with a known primary tumor elsewhere poses a diagnostic challenge to the clinician. An awareness of the various malignancies that can metastasize to the breast and accurate di...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6319108/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30662213 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijri.IJRI_218_18 |
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author | Vaidya, Tanvi Ramani, Subhash Rastogi, Ashita |
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description | Metastases to the breast from extra-mammary malignancies are extremely uncommon. The discovery of a breast mass in a patient with a known primary tumor elsewhere poses a diagnostic challenge to the clinician. An awareness of the various malignancies that can metastasize to the breast and accurate diagnosis of the same is essential to avoid an unnecessary mastectomy and to guide further therapy. In this case series, we describe such clinical scenarios with an emphasis on the imaging features of metastases to the breast, which will enable radiologists to recognize this entity with greater ease. |
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spelling | pubmed-63191082019-01-18 A case series of metastases to the breast from extramammary malignancies Vaidya, Tanvi Ramani, Subhash Rastogi, Ashita Indian J Radiol Imaging Endocrine (Thyroid, Adrenal, Breast) Metastases to the breast from extra-mammary malignancies are extremely uncommon. The discovery of a breast mass in a patient with a known primary tumor elsewhere poses a diagnostic challenge to the clinician. An awareness of the various malignancies that can metastasize to the breast and accurate diagnosis of the same is essential to avoid an unnecessary mastectomy and to guide further therapy. In this case series, we describe such clinical scenarios with an emphasis on the imaging features of metastases to the breast, which will enable radiologists to recognize this entity with greater ease. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6319108/ /pubmed/30662213 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijri.IJRI_218_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Endocrine (Thyroid, Adrenal, Breast) Vaidya, Tanvi Ramani, Subhash Rastogi, Ashita A case series of metastases to the breast from extramammary malignancies |
title | A case series of metastases to the breast from extramammary malignancies |
title_full | A case series of metastases to the breast from extramammary malignancies |
title_fullStr | A case series of metastases to the breast from extramammary malignancies |
title_full_unstemmed | A case series of metastases to the breast from extramammary malignancies |
title_short | A case series of metastases to the breast from extramammary malignancies |
title_sort | case series of metastases to the breast from extramammary malignancies |
topic | Endocrine (Thyroid, Adrenal, Breast) |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6319108/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30662213 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijri.IJRI_218_18 |
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