Metastasis of solid tumors into bone marrow – Single center experience
2017
Abstract Introduction: Metastases of solid tumors to the
bone marroware rarely reported. Clinical manifestation and laboratory findings remain uncharacteristic and lead to misdiagnosis. Detection of
bone marrowmetastases may have an impact on therapeutic decisions and is usually associated with poor prognosis. Aim: To characterize clinical picture and hematological findings in patients with
bone marrowmetastasis. Material and methods: We retrospectively reviewed medical records of patients with
bone marrowmetastases who were primary misdiagnosed with hematological malignancies. Results: Ten patients at median age of 51 years at diagnosis were included. There were following findings on admission: duopenia ( n = 7),
pancytopenia( n = 1), anemia ( n = 1) and skeletal lytic lesions ( n = 1). The diagnosis of prior cancer was reported in 3 patients and included multiple myeloma, breast cancer and
oligoastrocytoma. Clinical manifestations were hepatomegaly ( n = 4), lymphadenopathy ( n = 4), skin
pallor( n = 3),
cachexia( n = 2) and
hemorrhagic diathesis( n = 2). Imaging studies revealed diffuse bone lesions ( n = 5),
pulmonary infiltrates( n = 2) and liver masses ( n = 2). Leukoerythroblastosis was demonstrated in 4 cases.
Bone marrow aspiratedetected the presence of abnormal cell population in 4 patients. In all studied patients a final diagnosis was established by immunohistochemistry of
bone marrowbiopsy. The following malignancies were detected:
prostate adenocarcinoma( n = 2), anaplastic microcellular carcinoma of unknown origin ( n = 2), adenocarcinoma of unknown origin ( n = 2),
Ewing's sarcoma( n = 1), breast cancer ( n = 1), clarocellular renal cancer ( n = 1) and
neuroendocrine tumor( n = 1). Nine out of the 10 metastatic patients died shortly after chemotherapy. Conclusions: Unexplained
hematological abnormalitiesshould arise the suspicion of
bone marrowmetastases.
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