TY - JOUR
T1 - Occult primary breast cancer presenting with brachial plexopathy
T2 - A case report
AU - Zhao, Karen L.
AU - Liu, Yusha
AU - Scherpelz, Kathryn P.
AU - Kao, Dennis S.
AU - Friedrich, Jeffrey B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Breast cancer affects about one in eight women over the course of her lifetime. Occult breast cancer, in which primary breast cancer is detected without evidence of disease in the breast itself, comprises up to 1% of new diagnoses; this is typically detected from abnormal axillary lymph nodes, and distant metastases are rare. Here, we present an unusual case of occult breast cancer presenting as upper extremity pain, edema, and weakness, with a metastatic mass to the brachial plexus being the only site of disease.
AB - Breast cancer affects about one in eight women over the course of her lifetime. Occult breast cancer, in which primary breast cancer is detected without evidence of disease in the breast itself, comprises up to 1% of new diagnoses; this is typically detected from abnormal axillary lymph nodes, and distant metastases are rare. Here, we present an unusual case of occult breast cancer presenting as upper extremity pain, edema, and weakness, with a metastatic mass to the brachial plexus being the only site of disease.
KW - Occult breast cancer
KW - brachial plexus tumor
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U2 - 10.1177/2050313X20985646
DO - 10.1177/2050313X20985646
M3 - Article
C2 - 34262768
AN - SCOPUS:85108868102
SN - 2050-313X
VL - 9
JO - SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
JF - SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
ER -