A Case of Telangiectatic Cutaneous Metastasis from Carcinoma of the Breast.
- Author:
Kee Suck SUH
1
;
Jin Seuk KANG
;
Jae Woo BAEK
;
Tae Kwon KIM
;
Young Seung JEON
;
Sang Tae KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea. ksderm77@unitel.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cutaneous metastasis;
Telangiectatic metastatic breast carcinoma
- MeSH:
Aged;
Blood Vessels;
Breast;
Dermis;
Female;
Humans;
Incidence;
Neck;
Neoplasm Metastasis
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2009;47(12):1375-1378
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The incidence of cutaneous metastases of primary tumor has been reported to be rare, as compared with metastasis of other internal organ. Carcinoma of the breast is most common cause of cutaneous metastasis in women. We report here on a case of telangiectactic metastatic breast carcinoma in a 65-year-old female who had violaceous plaques and vesicles over the right side of the neck. Histopathological examinations of the cutaneous lesion revealed aggregations of tumor cells within the dilated blood vessels in the dermis.
