title: [Scalp metastasis of unrecognized breast cancer].
abstract: Infiltrative growing scalp tumors with alopecia areata may be a sign of malignancy elsewhere, for example metastasis of a malignant melanoma or breast cancer. We describe the clinical case of a 78-year-old woman with a scalp tumor as the first diagnostic sign of breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Mund-, Kiefer-, Gesichtschirurgie/Plastische Operationen, HELIOS Klinikum, Bad Saarow. thilo.prochno@helios-kliniken.de
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Prochno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wohlfarth
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*