SAPHO Syndrome in a Patient with Breast Cancer Mimicking Bone Metastasis: A Case Report.
10.13104/jksmrm.2014.18.1.59
- Author:
Kyungran KO
1
;
Hee Jung SUH
;
Ji Young YOU
;
So Youn JUNG
;
Youngmee KWON
;
Young Whan KOH
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Center for Breast Cancer, National Cancer Center of Korea, Korea. kokr@ncc.re.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Breast cancer;
SAPHO syndrome;
Costosternoclavicular region
- MeSH:
Acquired Hyperostosis Syndrome*;
Aged;
Breast Neoplasms*;
Breast*;
Diagnosis;
Female;
Humans;
Hyperostosis;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Osteitis;
Radionuclide Imaging;
Skin Diseases;
Specialization
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
2014;18(1):59-63
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 66-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital due to her right breast cancer. Preoperative breast MRI shows 1.9 cm malignancy on her right breast (cT1N0M0) and incidentally found osteosclerotic change of left coststernoclavicular region. Bone scintigraphy showed hot uptake and the possibility of bone metastasis was not excluded. However, because the bone metastasis is not common in early stage cancer and the costosternoclavicular region is not common site, other possibility should be considered. SAPHO syndrome can be diagnosed even in the absence of dermatosis when there is an axial or appendicular osteitis and hyperostosis, especially in costosternoclavicular region. Though breast imaging specialists are not accustomed to this disease entity, awareness and diagnosis of the SAPHO syndrome can help differentiate bone metastasis.
