Breast metastases to bones of the extremities: simultaneous involvement of all four limbs.
Metastases to bones of the hands and feet are unusual, and simultaneous metastases to the bones of more than one extremity in a given patient is an extremely rare occurrence with only five previous case reports. In each of these cases the bones of two extremities were affected. A case is presented where the bones of both hands and both feet exhibited bone metastases. A second case with foot bone metastases is recorded. In both cases the primary tumour was a breast carcinoma. Theories of causation of such metastases are discussed.
Bloom
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Department of Radiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Sulkes
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Freilick
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Libson
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D001132:Arm; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008875:Middle Aged