Abstract:
A 49-years-old female presented with severe persistent headache. Further
evaluation unraveled fungating right breast mass and a new diagnosis of
poorly differentiated invasive ductal carcinoma with brain metastasis as
the cause of the symptoms was made. Diagnosis of breast cancer with
large fungating mass and brain metastasis on presentation in this era is
still shocking. It makes us question the reasons behind these
unfortunate presentations which include but are not limited to:
unawareness about the risk factors, symptoms, complications and the
available screening guidelines, embarrassment from the site of lesion,
or socioeconomic status.