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Breast Cancer
Findings from G. Fyrmpas and co-authors broaden understanding of breast cancer
August 7th, 2008
"We report a rare clinical presentation of breast carcinoma metastasis to the ethmoid sinuses, orbit and cavernous sinus in a 70-year-old lady with unsuspected breast carcinoma who presented with clinical features of acute ethmoiditis, orbital cellulitis and cavernous sinus thrombosis. The patient underwent endoscopic ethmoidectomy and histology of the necrotic tissue from the ethmoidal cells was positive for endovascular neoplastic emboli," scientists in Thessaloniki, Greece report. "Subsequent examination revealed a large mass in the left breast, tethered to the skin, which was histologically confirmed to be a carcinoma. The patient died 2 months post-diagnosis. To...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-08-07)
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