METASTATIC BREAST CANCER IN THE FIRST METACARPAL BONE OF THE NON-DOMINANT HAND: A CASE REPORT.

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  • Chalida APHINIVES Department of Radiology. Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University
  • Jitjaroen CHATYACUM Department of Radiology. Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University
  • Jaturat KANPITTAYA Department of Radiology. Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University
  • Jumpol MITRCHAP Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University

Abstract

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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2023-04-12

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APHINIVES C, CHATYACUM J, KANPITTAYA J, MITRCHAP J. METASTATIC BREAST CANCER IN THE FIRST METACARPAL BONE OF THE NON-DOMINANT HAND: A CASE REPORT. ASEAN J Radiol [Internet]. 2023 Apr. 12 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];6(1):5-8. Available from: https://asean-journal-radiology.org/index.php/ajr/article/view/508

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2000): January-April

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