Community-acquired lobar pneumonia encountered at autopsy
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A 72-year-old woman 12 years status-post partial mastectomy, adjuvant radiation, and five years of anastrozole for stage I estrogen receptor/progesterone receptor positive breast adenocarcinoma presented with neck pain. MRI showed extensive metastatic disease involving the skull and the vertebral bodies of the cervical and thoracic spine. She was started on dexamethasone. Bone scan revealed multiple sites of disease, including the ribs, spine, and pelvis. Four weeks following initiation of radiation to
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دوره 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016