Blue Lymphangitis of the Breast after Breast Cancer: Case Report

Carcinomatous lymphangitis accounts for 5% of all skin metastases, but blue lymphangitis of the breast has never been described. We report a case of blue lymphangitis of the breast in a patient 11 years after treatment for ipsilateral breast cancer that was in full remission. Breast examination and...

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Published inThe breast journal Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 348 - 351
Main Authors Arfi, Alexandra, Clavier, Alice, Honart, Jean F, Ammari, Samy, Merabet, Zahira, Mateus, Christine, Arfi-Rouche, Julia
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.05.2017
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Summary:Carcinomatous lymphangitis accounts for 5% of all skin metastases, but blue lymphangitis of the breast has never been described. We report a case of blue lymphangitis of the breast in a patient 11 years after treatment for ipsilateral breast cancer that was in full remission. Breast examination and imaging showed no other abnormalities. Skin biopsy revealed a carcinomatous-pigmented infiltration corresponding to melanoma metastasis, which helped highlight a primitive right flank injury. This case report emphasizes that a full body exam should always be performed with unusual presentation of breast cancer and reiterates the indispensable place of histology before any diagnosis.
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ISSN:1524-4741
DOI:10.1111/tbj.12738