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Breast carcinoma metastatic to eyelids: Case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Dabski Krzysztof,
Milgrom Halina,
Stoll Howard L.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930290408
Subject(s) - medicine , eyelid , presentation (obstetrics) , breast carcinoma , palpebral fissure , carcinoma , lobular carcinoma , pathology , dermatology , radiology , breast cancer , surgery , ductal carcinoma , cancer
Violaceous, indurated plaques around both eyes were found to be cutaneous metastases and the initial clinical presentation of a lobular carcinoma of the breast in an 80‐year‐old woman. Available literature indicates that breast carcinoma is the most common metastatic tumor of the eyelid and the onset of a palpebral mass may precede the diagnosis of the primary tumor in the breast.