Breast cancer with extensive bone metastasis mimicking myeloma.
Punched-out lesions in skull film usually elicit consideration of myeloma. However, some other diseases cause similar clinical presentations. We describe an uncommon presentation of breast cancer, which mimics multiple myeloma. Therefore, in a broad spectrum of clinical settings, physicians should always consider differential diagnosis and await for definitive pathological diagnosis.
Departments of Internal Medicine College of Medicine National Cheng Kung University Hospital National Cheng Kung University Tainan Taiwan.
Ya-Ting
YT
Hsu
Pathology College of Medicine National Cheng Kung University Hospital National Cheng Kung University Tainan Taiwan.
Kung-Chao
0000-0001-9665-5236
KC
Chang
Breast cancer; metastasis; myeloma; punched‐out; skull