title: [Behind the scenes of breast cancer].
abstract: A 55 year-old women presented with lesions simulating cysts of the scalp. The dermatopathological examination revealed a metastasis of a breast adenocarcinoma. At the diagnosis disclosure, the patient recognized having concealed for 7 years a neoplastic wound replacing one of her breasts. About this case report, we report the astonishing clinical diversity of skin metastases of breast adenocarcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatopathologie, CHU de Liège, Belgique.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caucanas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piérard-Franchimont
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Piérard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Quatresooz
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008192:Deception; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*