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Multiple myeloma masquerading as metastatic breast cancer
Author(s) -
Savage David,
Garrett T. J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19860301)57:5<923::aid-cncr2820570507>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , multiple myeloma , metastatic breast cancer , cancer , lytic cycle , oncology , ca15 3 , pathology , radiology , immunology , virus
Two women are described in whom, on the basis of prior therapy for breast cancer and the presence of painful, lytic bone lesions, an initial diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer was made. Further evaluation established the diagnosis of multiple myeloma in both patients. Neither had evidence of recurrent breast cancer. These cases indicate that women with a history of breast cancer in whom lytic bone lesions develop without evidence of extraskeletal metastases should have the diagnosis of multiple myeloma excluded.