Dermoscopy of inflammatory breast cancer

Inflammatory breast cancer is an aggressive and infiltrative malignancy that is often misdiagnosed as an infection because of its symptoms and signs of inflammation, delaying proper diagnosis and treatment. We report a case of inflammatory breast cancer showing correlation between dermoscopic and hi...

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Autores principales: Vallone, María Gabriela, González, Virginia Mariana, Casas, José Gabriel, Larralde, Margarita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2018
Materias:
Images in Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5916411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29723370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20186806
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Sumario:Inflammatory breast cancer is an aggressive and infiltrative malignancy that is often misdiagnosed as an infection because of its symptoms and signs of inflammation, delaying proper diagnosis and treatment. We report a case of inflammatory breast cancer showing correlation between dermoscopic and histopathological diagnoses. We highlight the utility of dermoscopy for skin biopsy site selection.

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