Korean J Dermatol.
2003 Mar;41(3):406-408.
Lymph Node and Skin Metastasis as a Manifestation of a Male Breast Carcinoma
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- 1Department of Dermatology Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kychung@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
Abstract
- Breast carcinoma in men is very rare but is a potentially life-threatening neoplasm. The most common form of clinical presentation is a painless, firm, retroareolar mass. However, in some cases, primary focus of the tumor may not be detected but present with metastatic lesions. We report a case of male breast carcinoma presented with axillary lymph node enlargement and subsequent erythematous infiltration of chest wall in a 60-year-old man. Histopathologic examination showed invasive ductal carcinoma of breast, and both estrogen and progesterone receptors were weakly positive.