Case 38-1966

Abstract

Presentation of Case First admission. A fifty-two-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of a lump in the breast.One year previously she felt a lump in the right breast but did not seek medical advice until two weeks before entry, when she became aware of tenderness in the right axilla. A hysterectomy had been performed eleven years earlier.Physical examination revealed an obese woman who appeared well. A stony-hard mass, 4 by 3 cm., was palpable in the upper outer quadrant of the right breast; 3 hard lymph nodes were felt in the right axilla. The lungs, heart . . .