학술논문
Metastatic brachial plexopathy as the initial manifestation of breast cancer.
Document Type
Case Study
Source
Subject
*BREAST tumors
*HORMONES
*IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY
*MAGNETIC resonance imaging
*METASTASIS
*NEEDLE biopsy
*PHYSICAL diagnosis
*RADIOTHERAPY
*SHOULDER pain
*THERAPEUTICS
*ULTRASONIC imaging
*PECTORALIS muscle
*TREATMENT effectiveness
*BRACHIAL plexus neuropathies
*DISEASE complications
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ISSN
1075-122X
Abstract
A case study of 82-year-old woman presented to our Breast Clinic with a 6-month history of gradually worsening right shoulder pain and significant motor weakness of the ipsilateral arm. Topics include pain was severe and intractable and was radiating from the shoulder into the arm and hand; and symptoms continued to worsen, not responding to the treatment with anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs.