TY - JOUR
T1 - Pigmented Epidermotropic Breast Carcinoma
T2 - A Diagnostic Pitfall Mimicking Melanoma A Case Report and Literature Review
AU - Rolim, Ines
AU - Rafael, Margarida
AU - Robson, Alistair
AU - Costa Rosa, Joaninha
PY - 2024/4
Y1 - 2024/4
N2 - We report the clinical and pathologic features of a patient with breast carcinoma, who developed clinically visible pigmented skin lesions during the course of the disease. The combination of clinical pigmentation, histological pagetoid epidermal spread, and considerable melanin pigment within tumour cells lead to a misdiagnosis of melanoma. This case provides a striking example of the ability of epidermotropic breast carcinoma to mimic melanoma. A literature review is also reported.
AB - We report the clinical and pathologic features of a patient with breast carcinoma, who developed clinically visible pigmented skin lesions during the course of the disease. The combination of clinical pigmentation, histological pagetoid epidermal spread, and considerable melanin pigment within tumour cells lead to a misdiagnosis of melanoma. This case provides a striking example of the ability of epidermotropic breast carcinoma to mimic melanoma. A literature review is also reported.
KW - cutaneous metastatic disease
KW - epidermotropic carcinoma
KW - melanoma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85163008569&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/10668969231177702
DO - 10.1177/10668969231177702
M3 - Article
C2 - 37291852
AN - SCOPUS:85163008569
SN - 1066-8969
VL - 32
SP - 386
EP - 393
JO - International Journal of Surgical Pathology
JF - International Journal of Surgical Pathology
IS - 2
ER -