Carcinomatous arthritis of the elbow caused by metastatic breast carcinoma.
We report a case of persisting chronic monoarthritis of the elbow in a 54-year-old woman with previous breast surgery for carcinoma. An open biopsy of the elbow showed a chronic nonspecific synovitis and a poorly differentiated metastatic adenocarcinoma on the radial head. This is the first report of elbow arthritis due to metastatic breast carcinoma.
D001168:Arthritis / Q000473:pathology*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011884:Radius / Q000473:pathology