Unusual Metastatic Lymph Node to Retro-Scapular Area in Occult Breast Cancer: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Breast cancer typically metastasizes to axillary, internal mammary and supraclavicular lymph node chains. In contrast, occult breast cancer (OBC), a rare form of breast cancer, usually presents as axillary lymphadenopathy and rarely metastasizes regionally or distally.

Case presentation

In this case report, we present a 45-year-old female patient with unusual presentation of breast cancer initially as axillary lymphadenopathy without breast mass. She was diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging as OBC and later presented with a rare pathological spread to the ipsilateral subscapular region. The retro-scapular nodal disease was first detected via follow-up computed tomography scan and confirmed by positron emission tomography after 18 months of her initial diagnos

SUBMITTER: Wahbeh L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11828488 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature