Cutaneous metastases from carcinoma breast: the common and the rare.
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Cancer metastasis is quite devastating to the patient as well as the physician and may herald the onset, dissemination or recurrence of malignancy. Breast carcinoma metastasis is the most common carcinoma encountered by dermatologists and it presents in various morphological and histological forms. Here, we present two varied cases, the first being the common nodular metastasis from a previously treated intraductal carcinoma and the second, the rarer variant, carcinoma erysipeloides as a heralder of the invasion of an incompletely treated disease.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Indian journal of dermatology, venereology and leprology
دوره 75 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009