An unusual presentation of cutaneous metastatic lobular breast carcinoma

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy to metastasize to the skin in women. Cutaneous breast carcinoma may arise as cutaneous metastasis or secondary to direct tumor extension to the skin. This report describes an unusual presentation of cutaneous metastatic lobular breast carcinoma that involv...

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Published inCutis (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 107; no. 1; p. E23
Main Authors Nahhas, Amanda F, Scales, Andrew T, Pfeifle, Julie, Stephenson, Sean R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.2021
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Summary:Breast cancer is the most common malignancy to metastasize to the skin in women. Cutaneous breast carcinoma may arise as cutaneous metastasis or secondary to direct tumor extension to the skin. This report describes an unusual presentation of cutaneous metastatic lobular breast carcinoma that involved diffuse cutaneous lesions and rapid progression from onset of breast mass to development of clinically apparent metastatic skin lesions.
ISSN:2326-6929
DOI:10.12788/cutis.0162