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Erysipelatoid Carcinoma.

Authors :
Miguel TS
Costa DAD
Almeida APM
Pino LCM
Goldemberg DC
Miguel BS
Coelho Filho SCH
Source :
Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) [Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)] 2018 Jun; Vol. 64 (6), pp. 492-497.
Publication Year :
2018

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.

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