Necrotizing Infection of the Breast: A Case Report on a Rare Presentation of Breast Carcinoma

Necrotizing infection (NI) of the breast associated with underlying malignancy is a rare phenomenon characterized by necrosis of breast parenchyma, causing a delay in diagnosis and even leading to sepsis. We present a case of a 42-year-old female with NI of the right breast while on homeopathic trea...

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Autores principales: Tariq, Javeria, Fatima, Kulsoom, Tariq, Muhammad Usman, Zeeshan, Sana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9135166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35651400
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24504
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author Tariq, Javeria
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Zeeshan, Sana
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description Necrotizing infection (NI) of the breast associated with underlying malignancy is a rare phenomenon characterized by necrosis of breast parenchyma, causing a delay in diagnosis and even leading to sepsis. We present a case of a 42-year-old female with NI of the right breast while on homeopathic treatment for a right breast lump for six months. Tissue culture showed a polymicrobial infection and histopathology established the diagnosis of breast carcinoma. After treating the NI, her breast cancer was managed as per standard guidelines.
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spelling pubmed-91351662022-05-31 Necrotizing Infection of the Breast: A Case Report on a Rare Presentation of Breast Carcinoma Tariq, Javeria Fatima, Kulsoom Tariq, Muhammad Usman Zeeshan, Sana Cureus Pathology Necrotizing infection (NI) of the breast associated with underlying malignancy is a rare phenomenon characterized by necrosis of breast parenchyma, causing a delay in diagnosis and even leading to sepsis. We present a case of a 42-year-old female with NI of the right breast while on homeopathic treatment for a right breast lump for six months. Tissue culture showed a polymicrobial infection and histopathology established the diagnosis of breast carcinoma. After treating the NI, her breast cancer was managed as per standard guidelines. Cureus 2022-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9135166/ /pubmed/35651400 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24504 Text en Copyright © 2022, Tariq et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Necrotizing Infection of the Breast: A Case Report on a Rare Presentation of Breast Carcinoma
title Necrotizing Infection of the Breast: A Case Report on a Rare Presentation of Breast Carcinoma
title_full Necrotizing Infection of the Breast: A Case Report on a Rare Presentation of Breast Carcinoma
title_fullStr Necrotizing Infection of the Breast: A Case Report on a Rare Presentation of Breast Carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Necrotizing Infection of the Breast: A Case Report on a Rare Presentation of Breast Carcinoma
title_short Necrotizing Infection of the Breast: A Case Report on a Rare Presentation of Breast Carcinoma
title_sort necrotizing infection of the breast: a case report on a rare presentation of breast carcinoma
topic Pathology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9135166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35651400
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24504
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