Open AccessInflammatory carcinoma of breast: The chameleon
Author(s) -
Indranil Chakrabarti,
Amitabha S. Basu,
Nilanjana Ghosh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
archives of medicine and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-6085
pISSN - 2321-4848
DOI - 10.4103/amhs.amhs_89_17
Subject(s) - medicine , carcinoma , lesion , breast carcinoma , cytology , fine needle aspiration cytology , dermatology , pathology , general surgery , radiology , breast cancer , cancer
Inflammatory breast carcinoma is an extremely rare, rapidly progressive breast carcinoma which is a great masquerader and often is mistaken as an inflammatory lesion. This leads to the delay in diagnosis. Here, we report such a case where the mistaken clinical diagnosis led to it being treated with antibiotics. However, fine-needle aspiration cytology of the case saved the day. Histopathological confirmation followed by multimodal therapy was rendered, and the patient responded well to the treatment. Thus, awareness and recognition of this rare entity, which mimics various inflammatory and nonmalignant causes, is of paramount importance for the doctors and patients alike