1. Erysipelatoid Carcinoma.
- Author
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Miguel TS, Costa DAD, Almeida APM, Pino LCM, Goldemberg DC, Miguel BS, and Coelho Filho SCH
- Subjects
- Aged, Breast, Breast Neoplasms pathology, Breast Neoplasms surgery, Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast pathology, Diagnosis, Differential, Erysipeloid diagnosis, Erythema pathology, Female, Humans, Skin Neoplasms diagnosis, Skin Neoplasms pathology, Thorax, Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast secondary, Erysipeloid pathology, Inflammatory Breast Neoplasms pathology, Skin Neoplasms secondary
- Abstract
Erysipelatoid Carcinoma (EC), also known as Inflammatory Metastatic Carcinoma, is a rare form of cutaneous metastasis, secondary to an internal malignancy, more often related to breast cancer. Clinically, the lesion has a well-marked, bound erythematous appearance, much like an infectious process, such as erysipelas and cellulitis, these being the most common differential diagnoses. It is characterized by an acute or subacute appearance with an erythematous plaque, sometimes hot and painful, being more often situated in the primary tumor vicinity, especially in the thorax wall in the region of a mastectomy due to breast cancer. Here we present the case of a 75-year-old patient with ductal infiltrated carcinoma for 3 years, who presented an acute erythematous and infiltrated plaque in the region of a previous mastectomy, with a final diagnosis of EC.
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- 2018
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