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Erysipelatoid Carcinoma.
- Source :
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Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) [Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)] 2018 Jun; Vol. 64 (6), pp. 492-497. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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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.
- 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
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1806-9282
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30304305
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.64.06.492