A First Sign Not to be Missed: Cutaneous Metastasis from Breast Cancer | Zendy

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A First Sign Not to be Missed: Cutaneous Metastasis from Breast Cancer

Author(s) -

Elsa Araújo,

Manuel Barbosa,

Raquel Costa,

Bárbara Sousa,

Vitor Pereira Costa

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

european journal of case reports in internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125

H-Index - 1

ISSN - 2284-2594

DOI - 10.12890/2020_001356

Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , metastasis , cancer , dermatology , mastectomy , radiation therapy , oncology

Although breast cancer has the highest cutaneous metastasis rate among internal malignancies, cutaneous metastases actually occur in only a small minority of breast cancer patients. In rare cases, skin metastasis may appear as the first clinical manifestation of breast cancer.The clinical presentation of cutaneous metastasis from breast cancer can be varied, and therefore warrants greater awareness in clinical practice.Cutaneous metastasis from breast cancer typically carries a less unfavourable prognosis than cutaneous metastasis from other internal malignancies.

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