title: Congestive Heart Failure versus Inflammatory Carcinoma in Breast.
abstract: Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare highly malignant form of breast cancer. Clinical signs and symptoms with histologic examination usually confirm the diagnosis. There are rare reports of breast edema of congestive heart failure which were difficult to differentiate from inflammatory carcinoma. The differential becomes more difficult when congestive heart failure is associated with unilateral breast edema. We present a case of a 70-year-old woman with congestive heart failure associated with unilateral breast edema and skin thickening simulating inflammatory breast carcinoma on mammography.
authors.affiliation: Breast Clinic, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran 1419733141, Iran.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alikhassi
authors.affiliation: Breast Clinic, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran 1419733141, Iran.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Omranipour
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Isfahan University, Iran.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Alikhassy