Breast cancer metastasis in distal phalanx of the big toe. Case report
Carlesimo, B.; Tempesta, M.; Fioramonti, P.; Bistoni, G.; Ruggiero, M.; Marchetti, F.
Il Giornale di Chirurgia 30(11-12): 487-489
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0391-9005 PMID: 20109377 Document Number: 630696
Breast cancer represents the most prevalent malignancies in women and bone is the first site of metastasis in 26-50% of cases. Usually metastasis involve limbs in 16%. We present a rare case of 47-year-old woman, who underwent to monolateral mastectomy for lobular cancer. After 8 years from surgery, she presented pain, swelling and functional limitations, gradually increasing, to the left big toe. X-rays and MRI showed a lucent area of bone destruction on the shaft of the distal phalanx of the left big toe. Surgical biopsy on the excised bone assessed for breast cancer metastasis.