METASTATIC BREAST CANCER IN THE FIRST METACARPAL BONE OF THE NON-DOMINANT HAND: A CASE REPORT.
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This report describes the radiologic and histologic findings in a 50-year-old woman who presented with an osteolytic lesion of the first metacarpal bone of the non -dominant hand as the result of metastatic breast cancer. The patient is alive and symptoms free at 3 months after curettage with bone graft, adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy (1-year course of treatment).
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