| Literature DB >> 25657439 |
Annakan V Navaratnam1, Sankaran Chandrasekharan1.
Abstract
Cutaneous metastases from primary internal malignancies are an uncommon presentation. Cutaneous metastases are more frequently seen in breast cancer than in any other visceral malignancy in women. Medical practitioners should be vigilant of the possibility of unusual presentations of metastatic disease in breast cancer patients with lobular carcinoma presenting as cutaneous lesions mimicking benign dermatological conditions. Herein, we present a case of a 75-year-old woman presenting with cutaneous lobular breast carcinoma metastases on her anterior right leg, which had previously been misdiagnosed as dermatitis for 9 years.Entities:
Keywords: Breast cancer; cutaneous metastases; dermatitis
Year: 2015 PMID: 25657439 PMCID: PMC4318045 DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.147881
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Dermatol ISSN: 0019-5154 Impact factor: 1.494