Expanding osteolytic bone metastases from carcinoma of the breast: an unusual appearance

Two cases of carcinoma of the breast are reported with the unusual radiographic finding of expansile osteolytic bone metastases. It is stressed that when an osteolytic expansile bone lesion is seen in patients with known breast cancer, the most likely cause is a metastasis from the carcinoma of the...

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Published in:Skeletal radiology 1985-01, Vol.14 (3), p.188-190
Main Authors: MOOTOOSAMY, I. M, ANCHOR, S. C, DACIE, J. E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Bone Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Bone Neoplasms - secondary
Bone Resorption - diagnostic imaging
Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Female
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Mammary gland diseases
Medical sciences
Osteolysis - diagnostic imaging
Radiography
Tumors
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Summary:Two cases of carcinoma of the breast are reported with the unusual radiographic finding of expansile osteolytic bone metastases. It is stressed that when an osteolytic expansile bone lesion is seen in patients with known breast cancer, the most likely cause is a metastasis from the carcinoma of the breast.
ISSN:0364-2348
1432-2161
DOI:10.1007/BF00355560