Breast carcinoma en Cuirasse - case report

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira,Gabriela Mantovanelli de
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Zachetti,Daniele Bueno Carvalho, Barros,Hugo Rocha, Tiengo,Adriana, Romiti,Ney
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Anais brasileiros de dermatologia (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962013000400608
• topic: Carcinoma, ductal, breast; Neoplasm metastasis; Skin

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.