Carcinoma erysipeloides: An unusual presentation mimicking radiation dermatitis

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Gugle, Anil ^a   Malpathak, Vijay ^b   Zawar, Vijay ^a   Deshmukh, Milind ^a   Kote, Rahul ^a  

^a NDMVPS Medical College and Research Centre   (India)

^b NDMVPS Medical College and Research   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; STEROID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; RADIATION DERMATITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ERYSIPELAS; FATALITY; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ERYSIPELAS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIODERMATITIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 41149131151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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