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ArticleSAGE open medical case reports2021

Occult primary breast cancer presenting with brachial plexopathy: A case report.

Karen L Zhao, Yusha Liu, Kathryn P Scherpelz, Dennis S Kao, Jeffrey B Friedrich

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Article in SAGE open medical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karen L ZhaoDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Yusha LiuDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Kathryn P ScherpelzDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Dennis S KaoDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Jeffrey B FriedrichDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5245-9708
University of Washington · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer affects about one in eight women over the course of her lifetime. Occult breast cancer, in which primary breast cancer is detected without evidence of disease in the breast itself, comprises up to 1% of new diagnoses; this is typically detected from abnormal axillary lymph nodes, and distant metastases are rare. Here, we present an unusual case of occult breast cancer presenting as upper extremity pain, edema, and weakness, with a metastatic mass to the brachial plexus being the only site of disease.

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brachial plexus tumorOccult breast cancer

Identifiers

PMID34262768
PMCPMC8243102
OpenAlexW3173274677

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