Diverse Presentations of Carcinoma Erysipelatoides from a Teaching Hospital in Australia
Joint Authors
Lynch, Jodi
Murrell, Dedee F.
Tran, Kim
Chow, Hui Ting
Millar, Ewan K. A.
Source
Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-12-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Inflammatory breast carcinoma is a rare form of advanced breast cancer which carries a poor prognosis, even with treatment.
Diagnosis is reached on clinical and pathological grounds; however, due to its propensity to mimic other conditions, it may often be delayed or missed by attending physicians.
This case series describes four patients seen at our institution with a diagnosis of inflammatory breast cancer; 3 patients had a history of previously treated breast malignancy.
In these cases, the emergence of a new breast lesion evaded initial diagnosis due to incomplete initial physical examination, falsely reassuring imaging results, lack of recognition that a cellulitis picture can resemble metastatic carcinoma, and inconclusive initial biopsy sections.
These obstacles to achieve diagnosis serve to further worsen the prognosis by delaying the initiation of multimodality treatment which can improve survival.
The purpose of our paper is to increase awareness among breast cancer specialists of the importance of undressing the patient for basic clinical examination of the breasts, recognition of the appearances of this type of local recurrence of breast cancer, and not to rely purely on ultrasound and mammography due to delay in diagnosis in some of our local cases.
Sometimes deeper sections and repeat biopsies are needed to make the diagnosis.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chow, Hui Ting& Tran, Kim& Millar, Ewan K. A.& Lynch, Jodi& Murrell, Dedee F.. 2012. Diverse Presentations of Carcinoma Erysipelatoides from a Teaching Hospital in Australia. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-448422
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chow, Hui Ting…[et al.]. Diverse Presentations of Carcinoma Erysipelatoides from a Teaching Hospital in Australia. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Chow, Hui Ting& Tran, Kim& Millar, Ewan K. A.& Lynch, Jodi& Murrell, Dedee F.. Diverse Presentations of Carcinoma Erysipelatoides from a Teaching Hospital in Australia. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-448422
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-448422