A First Sign Not to be Missed: Cutaneous Metastasis from Breast Cancer
Cutaneous metastasis has a frequency of 1 to 10% among all metastatic cancer forms and breast cancer accounts for 30% of all cases. We report the case of a 73-year-old woman who presented with 4 skin lesions distributed across the upper trunk and abdomen; these had developed over a period of 12 mont...
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doaj-0d20b5b6fd424a14948d01383db1df032020-11-25T02:18:40ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942020-01-0110.12890/2020_0013561356A First Sign Not to be Missed: Cutaneous Metastasis from Breast CancerElsa Carina Alves Araújo0Manuel Barbosa1Raquel Costa2Bárbara Sousa3Vítor Costa4Internal Medicine Department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, PortugalCutaneous metastasis has a frequency of 1 to 10% among all metastatic cancer forms and breast cancer accounts for 30% of all cases. We report the case of a 73-year-old woman who presented with 4 skin lesions distributed across the upper trunk and abdomen; these had developed over a period of 12 months. Over the previous 6 months she had also developed anorexia, asthenia and weight loss. Upon investigation, a nodular mass was found in the left breast. Skin and breast mass biopsy were performed. Histology confirmed the diagnosis: infiltrating lobular breast cancer with cutaneous metastasis. The patient underwent hormonal treatment, mastectomy and radiotherapy. In rare cases, cutaneous metastasis appears as the first clinical manifestation of breast cancer. It is therefore crucial for patients and health professionals alike to be aware of new skin lesions. Cutaneous metastasis is a diagnostic sign of cancer that, it must be emphasised, is not restricted exclusively to later forms of the disease.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1356skin lesionscutaneous metastasesmetastatic breast carcinomabreast cancer |
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Elsa Carina Alves Araújo Manuel Barbosa Raquel Costa Bárbara Sousa Vítor Costa A First Sign Not to be Missed: Cutaneous Metastasis from Breast Cancer European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine skin lesions cutaneous metastases metastatic breast carcinoma breast cancer |
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Elsa Carina Alves Araújo Manuel Barbosa Raquel Costa Bárbara Sousa Vítor Costa |
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Elsa Carina Alves Araújo |
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A First Sign Not to be Missed: Cutaneous Metastasis from Breast Cancer |
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A First Sign Not to be Missed: Cutaneous Metastasis from Breast Cancer |
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A First Sign Not to be Missed: Cutaneous Metastasis from Breast Cancer |
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A First Sign Not to be Missed: Cutaneous Metastasis from Breast Cancer |
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A First Sign Not to be Missed: Cutaneous Metastasis from Breast Cancer |
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first sign not to be missed: cutaneous metastasis from breast cancer |
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SMC MEDIA SRL |
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European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine |
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2284-2594 |
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2020-01-01 |
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Cutaneous metastasis has a frequency of 1 to 10% among all metastatic cancer forms and breast cancer accounts for 30% of all cases. We report the case of a 73-year-old woman who presented with 4 skin lesions distributed across the upper trunk and abdomen; these had developed over a period of 12 months. Over the previous 6 months she had also developed anorexia, asthenia and weight loss. Upon investigation, a nodular mass was found in the left breast. Skin and breast mass biopsy were performed. Histology confirmed the diagnosis: infiltrating lobular breast cancer with cutaneous metastasis. The patient underwent hormonal treatment, mastectomy and radiotherapy.
In rare cases, cutaneous metastasis appears as the first clinical manifestation of breast cancer. It is therefore crucial for patients and health professionals alike to be aware of new skin lesions. Cutaneous metastasis is a diagnostic sign of cancer that, it must be emphasised, is not restricted exclusively to later forms of the disease. |
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skin lesions cutaneous metastases metastatic breast carcinoma breast cancer |
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