title: Imaging of metastases from breast cancer to uncommon sites: a pictorial review.
abstract: There are three types of breast cancer recurrence which can occur after initial treatment: local, regional, and distant. Distant metastases are more frequent than local and regional recurrences. It usually occurs several years after the primary breast cancer, although it is sometimes diagnosed at the same time as the primary breast cancer. Although the common distant metastases are bone, lung and liver, breast cancer has the potential to metastasize to almost any region of the body. Early detection and treatment of distant metastases improves the prognosis, therefore radiologists and clinicians should recognize the possibility of metastasis from breast cancer and grasp the imaging characteristics. In this report, we demonstrate the imaging characteristics of metastases from breast cancer to uncommon sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan. e024163@yahoo.co.jp.
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6288-0136
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toguchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuki
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Numoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: Masakatsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsurusaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: Izumi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Imaoka
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazunari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kyoto University Hospital, 54 Kawaharacho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
authors.forename: Rikiya
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Osaka Medical College, 2-7, Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki, Osaka, 569-8686, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inada
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Shinko Hospital, 1-4-47 Wakihama-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-0072, Japan.
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Monzawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Otsu Red Cross Hospital, Nagara 1-1-35, Otsu, Shiga, 520-0046, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: Takamichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakami
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D004701:Endocrine Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary
keywords: Breast cancer; CT; MRI; Metastasis