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Breast cancer with isolated metastatic temporomandibular joint: a surgeon’s challenge

Breast cancer is the number one malignancy in women worldwide. It tends to metastasize distantly via lymphatic and haematogenous route. Skeletal metastases are frequent with more than three quarter of cases in all malignant bone tumours. Breast cancer can infiltrate the axial bone especially spine,...

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Main Authors: Ho Hui Lian, Firdaus Hayati, Nornazirah Azizan, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit UMS 2018
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RC254-282 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology Including cancer and carcinogens
RC31-1245 Internal medicine
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42595/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42595/
https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v12i3.1103
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spelling my.ums.eprints.425952025-01-14T04:56:31Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42595/ Breast cancer with isolated metastatic temporomandibular joint: a surgeon’s challenge Ho Hui Lian Firdaus Hayati Nornazirah Azizan Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria RC254-282 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology Including cancer and carcinogens RC31-1245 Internal medicine Breast cancer is the number one malignancy in women worldwide. It tends to metastasize distantly via lymphatic and haematogenous route. Skeletal metastases are frequent with more than three quarter of cases in all malignant bone tumours. Breast cancer can infiltrate the axial bone especially spine, but rarely affect the temporomandibular joint. In view of its rarity and the significance of early detection, the diagnosis is always challenging and shall be considered in the differential diagnosis. We endeavour to highlight this unfortunate 37-year-old lady who had just undergone left mastectomy and axillary dissection but was complicated with left temporomandibular joint metastasis. Penerbit UMS 2018 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42595/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf Ho Hui Lian and Firdaus Hayati and Nornazirah Azizan and Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria (2018) Breast cancer with isolated metastatic temporomandibular joint: a surgeon’s challenge. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences, 12 (3). pp. 1-6. ISSN 1985-1758 https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v12i3.1103
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topic RC254-282 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology Including cancer and carcinogens
RC31-1245 Internal medicine
spellingShingle RC254-282 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology Including cancer and carcinogens
RC31-1245 Internal medicine
Ho Hui Lian
Firdaus Hayati
Nornazirah Azizan
Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria
Breast cancer with isolated metastatic temporomandibular joint: a surgeon’s challenge
description Breast cancer is the number one malignancy in women worldwide. It tends to metastasize distantly via lymphatic and haematogenous route. Skeletal metastases are frequent with more than three quarter of cases in all malignant bone tumours. Breast cancer can infiltrate the axial bone especially spine, but rarely affect the temporomandibular joint. In view of its rarity and the significance of early detection, the diagnosis is always challenging and shall be considered in the differential diagnosis. We endeavour to highlight this unfortunate 37-year-old lady who had just undergone left mastectomy and axillary dissection but was complicated with left temporomandibular joint metastasis.
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author Ho Hui Lian
Firdaus Hayati
Nornazirah Azizan
Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria
author_facet Ho Hui Lian
Firdaus Hayati
Nornazirah Azizan
Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria
author_sort Ho Hui Lian
title Breast cancer with isolated metastatic temporomandibular joint: a surgeon’s challenge
title_short Breast cancer with isolated metastatic temporomandibular joint: a surgeon’s challenge
title_full Breast cancer with isolated metastatic temporomandibular joint: a surgeon’s challenge
title_fullStr Breast cancer with isolated metastatic temporomandibular joint: a surgeon’s challenge
title_full_unstemmed Breast cancer with isolated metastatic temporomandibular joint: a surgeon’s challenge
title_sort breast cancer with isolated metastatic temporomandibular joint: a surgeon’s challenge
publisher Penerbit UMS
publishDate 2018
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42595/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42595/
https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v12i3.1103
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