Diffuse bony metastases from breast cancer

Case contributed by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Diagnosis probable

Presentation

35 Y/O patient with left mastectomy due to breast cancer.

Patient Data

Age: 35
Gender: Female

Left mastectomy with diffuse lytic bony lesions.

Case Discussion

Most common sites of breast cancer metastases include :

  • bone 
  • lung and pleura
  • non-ipsilateral lymph nodes 

And less frequent sites of metastases are liver and brain.

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