A Case of Inflammatory Metastatic Carcinoma of the Breast.
10.5021/ad.1998.10.1.28
- Author:
Chang Geun CHO
;
Sang Wook SON
;
Seung Hyun HONG
;
Gil Ju YI
;
Ill Hwan KIM
;
Chil Hwan OH
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Inflammatory metastatic carcinoma of the breast
- MeSH:
Breast*;
Carcinoma, Ductal;
Cellulitis;
Dermatitis;
Erysipelas;
Erysipeloid;
Female;
Humans;
Mastectomy;
Middle Aged;
Skin;
Thorax
- From:Annals of Dermatology
1998;10(1):28-31
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 51-year-old Korean woman presented with a non-tender, well-demarcated, reddish, edematous patch on the right anterior chest where a previous mastectomy and radiation therapy had been performed. She had been diagnosed as having infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the right breast about 1 year ago. Histopathological findings of the skin lesions were consistent with inflammatory metastatic carcinoma of the breast. Inflammatory carcinoma or carcinoma erysipeloides is a well-established entity most frequently associated with carcinoma of the breast. It is characterized by dermal lymphatic invasion by malignancy and clinically should be distinguished from erysipelas or cellulitis. We describe a case of inflammatory metastatic carcinoma derived from an infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast which can be clinically confused with radiation dermatitis.
