Korean J Dermatol.  1981 Dec;19(6):905-911.

Carcinoma Erysipelatoides: inflammatory metastatic carcinoma in the skin

• Cheon HW
• Lee JB
• Lee SN

Abstract

Rasch was the first to use the term carcinoma erysipelatoides in the dermatologic literature, and it is most frequently associated with breast carcinoma. This inflammatory type of rnetastatic carcinoma of the breast is an uncommon but well known entity. It occurrs almost exclusively in women, tends to appear in the anterior chest wall, and is usually found after recognition of the primary tumor which is usually adenocarcinoma or undifferentiated carcinoma. It has an acute inflammatory process with rapid progress, with many fatalities resulting in a short time. We report a case of carcinoma erysipela,toides originating from a breast carcinoma with characteristic clinical and histopathologic findings.

MeSH Terms

Adenocarcinoma
Breast
Breast Neoplasms
Carcinoma
Female
Humans
Skin*
Thoracic Wall