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Apr 18, 2016Keywords:
Breast cancer maxillofacial metastasis
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Maxillofacial metastasis from breast cancer
Abstract
Metastatic tumors to paranasal sinuses are exclusively rare. In this paper, we report acase of breast carcinoma metastasizing to the right maxilla. The metastasis occurred 5 years after radical mastectomy and presented as a primary sinonasalmass. The diagnosis was confirmed with histopathologic andimmunohistochemical examination however the patient died before starting any specific treatment because of tumor bleeding.
Key words: Breast cancer, maxillofacial, metastasis
