Carcinoma hemorrhagiectoides: case report of an uncommon presentation of cutaneous metastatic breast carcinoma

Dermatol Online J. 2017 Jun 15;23(6):13030/qt3hm3z850.

Abstract

In most cases, cutaneous metastases develop after the diagnosis of the primary internal malignancy has been established, but sometimes they can be discovered earlier or simultaneously. We describe a case of a 90-year-old woman who presented to the emergency room in poor general condition, with cutaneous lesions characterized by hot, infiltrated, violaceous and erythematous plaques involving the left chest wall. The clinical and histopathological findings were consistent with the recently described variant of inflammatory cutaneous metastatic carcinoma named carcinoma hemorrhagiectoides. Microscopic examination demonstrated extensive infiltration of the dermis by tumor cells as well as intralymphatic involvement by neoplastic cells. This is a very rare presentation of cutaneous metastasis from breast cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Inflammatory Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Inflammatory Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Thoracic Wall