Unusual form of cutaneous infiltration by cancer

Acta Biomed. 2012 Apr;83(1):51-2.

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common visceral neoplasm which metastatizes in skin. Skin infiltration by breast cancer may appear as various types of neoplastic/inflammatory lesions, including plaques, pigskin-like areas, scirrhous morphea-like lesions, nodules, zosteriform lesions, and papulovescicles. An unusual form of cutaneous infiltration involving a mammary region bearing a post-mastectomy surgical skin scar is herein described: interestingly, such a cutaneous cancer involvement could not be included in the above classification, because it merely consisted of red-purple areas dealing with small telangiectasias, without any sign of inflammation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Skin / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary*