[Fibromyalgia syndrome after comprehensive treatment of breast cancer: a case report]

Zhejiang Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2016 May 25;45(4):429-431. doi: 10.3785/j.issn.1008-9292.2016.07.15.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Fibromyalgia syndrome after comprehensive treatment of breast cancer is rare and seldom reported. Here we present a case of a 50-year-old female patient,who was admitted to the hospital because of generalized fibromyalgia for 3 months and brain metastasis after the right breast carcinoma surgery for 1 month, and the clinical diagnosis was brain metastasis from breast carcinoma combined with fibromyalgia syndrome. The fibromyalgia were relieved with proper symptomatic treatment but the patient eventually died of tumor progression.

乳腺癌综合治疗后合并纤维肌痛综合征临床非常罕见。本文报道一例50岁女性患者,因全身肌肉疼痛3个月余、发现右乳癌术后脑转移1个月而入院,临床诊断为乳腺癌术后脑转移合并纤维肌痛综合征。针对纤维肌痛综合征治疗后症状缓解。患者最终死于肿瘤进展。

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / mortality
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Breast Neoplasms / complications*
  • Breast Neoplasms / mortality
  • Breast Neoplasms / therapy
  • Carcinoma / mortality
  • Carcinoma / therapy
  • Female
  • Fibromyalgia / diagnosis
  • Fibromyalgia / etiology*
  • Fibromyalgia / therapy
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged

Grants and funding

浙江省自然科学基金(Y13H290038,Q15H290010);浙江省名老中医学术传承与专科建设项目