Cutaneous metastases from carcinoma breast: The common and the rare

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 499-502

  Prabhu, Smitha ^a   Pai, Sathish ^a   Handattu, Sripathi ^a   Kudur, Mohan ^a   Vasanth, Vani ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Carcinoma erysipeloides; Cutaneous metastasis; Infiltrating ductal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BACK; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA ERYSIPELOIDES; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPIDERMIS; EROSION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOCYTE; MASTECTOMY; NECK; NUCLEOLUS; PAPULE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN SWELLING; SKIN ULCER; SUPPURATION; THORAX;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349436117     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.55395     Document Type: Article

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