Une cause rare de plexopathie brachiale : une metastase d’un cancer du sein

Maâroufi, Mustapha; Kamaoui, Imane; Boubbou, Meriem; Sqalli, Nadia; Tizniti, S.

doi:10.11604/pamj.2014.18.12.1008

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“…Though unusual, there are a number of reports of breast cancer metastasizing to the brachial plexus in patients with known breast cancer; [7][8][9][10][11] however, to our knowledge, this is the first reported case of brachial plexopathy as the primary presentation of occult breast cancer.…”

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Occult primary breast cancer presenting with brachial plexopathy: A case report

Zhao

Liu

Scherpelz

et al. 2021

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports

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Breast cancer affects about one in eight women over the course of her lifetime. Occult breast cancer, in which primary breast cancer is detected without evidence of disease in the breast itself, comprises up to 1% of new diagnoses; this is typically detected from abnormal axillary lymph nodes, and distant metastases are rare. Here, we present an unusual case of occult breast cancer presenting as upper extremity pain, edema, and weakness, with a metastatic mass to the brachial plexus being the only site of disease.

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