Breast cancer is the most frequent malignant tumour in women. It is maintained that every 12th woman suffers in her life-time from mammary cancer. The author describes a case which as to its course is rare and atypical, although occasionally mammary cancer may take such a course. A generalized tumour of the bone marrow was involved which was manifested 2.5 years before the clinical manifestation of the primary focus in the breast. The case was interesting also from the cytodiagnostic aspect and as regards the histocytological evaluation of the tumour.
Bone Neoplasms Breast Neoplasms