Axillary metastasis from occult breast cancer and synchronous contralateral breast cancer initially suspected to be cancer with contralateral axillary metastasis: a case report

• Main Authors: Myung Won Song (Author), So Yeon Ki (Author), Hyo Soon Lim (Author), Hyo-jae Lee (Author), Ji Shin Lee (Author), Jung Han Yoon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Initial detection of axillary metastasis without known ipsilateral breast cancer could be a challenging diagnostic problem. Four options could be considered for the primary site of the malignancy: ipsilateral occult breast cancer, contralateral breast cancer, tumors in other dist...