Breast carcinoma en Cuirasse--case report.
Cutaneous metastasis is a phenomenon that results from a tumor spreading via lymphatic or vascular embolization, direct implant during surgery or skin involvement by contiguity. The primary malignant tumor that most commonly metastasizes to the skin in women is breast cancer, which can be manifested through papulonodular lesions, erysipeloid or sclerodermiform infiltration, en cuirasse. We report the case of a female patient, 78 years old, with papular, scaly and confluent lesions in the right breast for one year, progressing to edema and skin infiltration, reduction of breast volume and plaque en cuirasse, and similar lesions in the contralateral breast and abdomen for four months. The pathological diagnosis was invasive ductal breast carcinoma with Paget-like foci, epidermal skin metastases and lymphatic embolization.
Fundação Lusíada, Santos(SP),Brazil.
Gabriela Mantovanelli de
GM
Oliveira
Daniele Bueno Carvalho
DB
Zachetti
Hugo Rocha
HR
Barros
Adriana
A
Tiengo
Ney
N
Romiti
D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*