Abstract

Background: Liver is the third most common site affected by distant metastasis in breast cancer. Many studies have been conducted previously regarding incidence of hepatic metastasis in breast cancer patients during course of disease, however there is limited literature published about occurrence of hepatic metastasis at the time of initial diagnosis of breast cancer

Aims and Objectives: To find out the frequency of hepatic metastasis in newly diagnosed patients of breast cancer by computed tomography.

Methods: This was prospective study conducted in 1480 newly diagnosed female patients of breast cancer referred to radiology departments Hayatabad Medical Complex for staging CT scan from 2018-2020. Multiphasic CT scan abdomen was done with 28 slice CT scanner. Single radiologist evaluated the images based on the data was stratified according to age, histological type and tumor size.

Results: Hepatic metastasis were detected in 22 patients among 1480 patients with incidence of 1.48%. Hepatic metastasis was more common in age group of40-65 yrs and with increasing tumor size.

Conclusion: This study revealed that frequency of hepatic metastasis on computed tomography is less common in newly diagnosed patient of breast cancer. It was also found that young age and increased tumor size are risk factors for hepatic metastasis of breast cancer

Keywords: Liver, Breast cancer, Metastasis, Computed tomography.