Cutaneous metastasis as a first sign of breast carcinoma

Amalik Sanae; Imrani Kaoutar; El Fenni Jamal; Edderai Meryem

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2021.04.064

Cutaneous metastasis as a first sign of breast carcinoma

Radiol Case Rep. 2021 May 26;16(7):1899-1901. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.04.064. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Authors

Amalik Sanae¹, Imrani Kaoutar¹, El Fenni Jamal¹, Edderai Meryem¹

Affiliation

¹ Radiology department, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.

Abstract

Unlike visceral, lymphonodal or bone metastases, skin metastases are rare and their identification portends of a bad prognosis. They may appear as the first sign revealing the primary tumour, synchronous or developing late in the course of neglected primary cancer. We report a case of 86 year-old women witch belongs to this rare group of patients in whom cutaneous metastasis were identified before the primary cancer. This case showed the interest of biopsy and imaging in the confirmation of the diagnosis.

Keywords: Breast cancer; Cutaneous metastasis; Squamous cell carcinoma.

Publication types

Case Reports