title: Inflammatory breast cancer presenting with acute central venous thrombosis: a case report.
abstract: Inflammatory breast cancer is a relatively rare disease associated with varied presentations, which frequently obscure the underlying diagnosis. We discuss a 54-year-old woman who presented to our emergency department with a chief complaint of right arm swelling and was admitted to the surgical service with an initial diagnosis of spontaneous brachial, axillary, and subclavian venous thrombosis. Further workup revealed an extensive inflammatory breast cancer. To our knowledge there have been no literature reports of inflammatory breast carcinoma in which the sole presenting symptom complex was due to central venous thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
authors.forename: Ralph Burton
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: William Henry
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Barber
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D001367:Axillary Vein; D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D013350:Subclavian Vein; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*