Open AccessAtopic Eczema Simulating Mammary Paget’s Disease in an Adult: Case Report
Author(s) -
Débora Bacellar Cruz Nunes,
Adriana Kamilly Leitão Pitman Machado,
Michelle Fonseca Goiabeira,
Samira Oliveira Silveira,
Yandra Sherring Einecke,
Alena Margareth Darwich Mendes,
Maria Amélia Lopes dos Santos,
Miguel Saraty de Oliveira,
Walter Refkalefsky Loureiro,
Leônidas Braga Dias,
Juliana Bacellar Cruz Nunes,
Mariana Bacellar Cruz Nunes,
Francisca Regina Oliveira Carneiro
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international archives of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1755-7682
DOI - 10.3823/2546
Subject(s) - medicine , differential diagnosis , dermatology , disease , presentation (obstetrics) , atopic dermatitis , pathology , surgery
An atopic breast eczema is usually bilateral, with intense pruritus and good response to corticosteroids. The differential diagnosis with mammary Paget’s disease is fundamental, mainly in unilateral clinical manifestations, since it is frequently associated to adjacent breast tumors. The aim of the present report was to present a clinical condition of an atopic breast eczema through an exuberant and unilateral clinical presentation, emphasizing the need of the differential diagnosis for malignant diseases at this location
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