Breast Cancer Metastasis Mimicking Osteomyelitis

Journal Title: The Medical Bulletin of Haseki - Year 2020, Vol 58, Issue 2

Abstract

An 80-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer 16 years ago presented with malnutrition, swelling, and paresthesia of the right cheek. Computed tomography revealed diffuse osteosclerosis without lysis and adjacent soft tissue swelling on the right mandible. These radiological findings were more compatible with primary chronic osteomyelitis than metastasis from breast cancer, and biopsy was necessary for diagnosis. This report describes breast cancer metastasis mimicking primary chronic osteomyelitis 16 years after diagnosis and its differential diagnosis in the mandible.

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Deniz Hancı, Onur Üstün, Şelale Dinç

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  • EP ID EP685281
  • DOI 10.4274/haseki.galenos.2020.5666
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Deniz Hancı, Onur Üstün, Şelale Dinç (2020). Breast Cancer Metastasis Mimicking Osteomyelitis. The Medical Bulletin of Haseki, 58(2), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-685281