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A. C. Panebianco, MD; H. A. Kaupp, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1968;96(2):216-218.

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INVOLVEMENT of the skeletal system by breast carcinoma is a relatively common occurrence. Osseous metastases, in fact, occur more frequently from carcinoma of the breast than from any other primary malignant neoplasm.¹ Of patients with carcinoma of the breast, 53% to 78% have been reported to develop bony metastases.^2,3 Deposits tend to occur mainly in those bones with hematopoietic active marrow (vertebrae, pelvis, ribs, proximal end of the femurs and humeri, and skull). The distal segments of limbs are rarely affected.⁴

We have not been able to discover a previous case of bilateral thumb metastases secondary to carcinoma of the breast, and the rarity of such a clinical entity has prompted the following report.

Report of a Case

A 74-year-old white woman was admitted on Nov 25, 1965, to the Allentown Hospital because of increasing size of both thumbs. She complained of swelling and redness of the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Allentown, Pa

From Allentown Hospital, Allentown, Pa.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication June 30, 1967.

Reprint requests to 2004 Allen St, Allentown, Pa 18103 (Dr. Kaupp).

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