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| Year : 2009 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 203-205 |
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Epitrochlear lymph node metastases from invasive ductal breast cancer
Pavan Kumar1, Shalini Singh1, NR Datta2, Ashwani Tandon3
1 Department of Radiotherapy, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow - 226 014, India
2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
3 Department of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow - 226 014, India
Correspondence Address:
Pavan Kumar
Department of Radiotherapy, Regional Cancer Centre, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow - 226 014
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.57127
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Metastasis to an epitrochlear lymph node from a primary invasive breast cancer has not been reported earlier. We report a case of epitrochlear lymph node metastasis that presented 10 years after the primary breast malignancy had been treated with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and hormonal therapy. The patient was successfully treated and continues to remain asymptomatic more than 2 years after she presented with the metastasis. |
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