A Unique Case of Muscle-Invasive Metastatic Breast Cancer Mimicking Myositis
Breast cancer rarely metastasizes to the muscles, and it is even more unusual for this phenomenon to result in airway compromise. We present a unique case of an 84-year-old female who presented with neck swelling and upper airway obstruction due to metastatic breast cancer invading the sternocleidom...
Main Authors: | Janelle Gyorffy, Samuel M. Philbrick, Adrian R. Bersabe, Richard J. Upton, Derek A. Mathis, Austin Peters, Alexander Brown |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2017-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Oncological Medicine |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2648296 |
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