Alopecia Neoplastica due to Breast Cancer.
10.5021/ad.1990.2.2.89
- Author:
Young Soo CHAE
;
Kee Suck SUH
;
Sang Tae KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Alopecia neoplastica;
Breast cancer;
Cutaneous metastasis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Alopecia*;
Breast Neoplasms*;
Breast*;
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant;
Dermis;
Doxorubicin;
Drug Therapy;
Female;
Humans;
Mastectomy, Radical;
Scalp
- From:Annals of Dermatology
1990;2(2):89-92
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report a case of alopecia neoplastica-a rare form of cutaneous metastasis-in a 43-year-old Korean woman, who presented with multiple red, bald patches of 1 month's duration on her scalp. About 2 years previously, she received a modified left radical mastectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. Histopathological findings of the bald lesions revealed diffuse infiltration of hyperchmmatic tumor cells arranged singly and in strands and cords in the upper and lower dermis. We started chemotherapy with adriamycin, but she died 13 months later.
