All vertebral body metastases of breast cancer: a case report and literature review.
OBJECTIVE
Investigating the clinical and imaging features of bone metastasis in breast cancer, in order to raise early diagnosis level and to avoid misdiagnosis.


METHODS
An analysis of imaging of breast cancer bone metastasis by consulting relevant literatures. The authors also performed bone biopsy in the patient presented.


RESULTS
Biopsy results show that ductal carcinoma can be seen in bone marrow and in immune markers CK (+) and CD68 (-).


CONCLUSIONS
Multiple systemic metastases are common for breast cancer, but it is rare that one patient has metastasis in all vertebrae. The positive rate of ordinary X-ray is lower than magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for detecting bone metastasis, but if an accurate diagnosis is to be made, all the imaging and clinical data should be combined.
Department of Oncology, PLA General Hospital of Chengdu Military Region, Chengdu, China.
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Cheng
Department of Oncology, PLA General Hospital of Chengdu Military Region, Chengdu, China.
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Su
Department of Oncology, PLA General Hospital of Chengdu Military Region, Chengdu, China.
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Gao
Department of Oncology, PLA General Hospital of Chengdu Military Region, Chengdu, China.
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Zhang
D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed