title: Carcinoma of the breast with unusual clinical presentation: a case report.
abstract: A common presentation of breast cancer is a palpable or non-palpable breast mass that might or might not demonstrate clinical signs of skin and/or nipple involvement. These malignant lesions frequently receive correct diagnosis only by physical examination under modestly experienced observers. We, hereby, reported the case of a 66-year-old woman who presented with a rapidly growing skin lesion at the left breast for three months. A 3.6x3x2.5 cm reddish, shiny, rubbery, sessile mass was seen on the upper outer quadrant of her left breast. The cytologic and histologic features of the tumor were typical for infiltrating ductal carcinoma. This case demonstrated a very unusual clinical presentation of breast cancer. No similar clinical feature of such cancer was mentioned in the reviewed literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
authors.forename: Jongkolnee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Settakorn
authors.forename: Benjaporn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chaiwun
authors.forename: Hongsin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Trakultivakorn
authors.forename: Samreung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rangdaeng
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*