Case Report

Skin Nodules as a First Presentation of Synchronous Bilateral Invasive Lobular Breast Carcinoma: A Case Report

Authors: Sara Khodair (Women and Fetal Imaging Center, Cairo, Egypt) , Iman Ewais (Women and Fetal Imaging Center, Cairo, Egypt) , Hanaa Abolmagd (Cairo Scan Imaging Center, Cairo, Egypt) , Rehab El Sheikh (Cairo Scan Imaging Center, Cairo, Egypt) , Sughra Raza (Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA) , Leah H. Portnow (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA) , Hanan Gewefel (Faculty of Applied Health Science, Radiography and Medical Imaging Technology Department, Misr University of Science and Technology, Cairo, Egypt)

  • Skin Nodules as a First Presentation of Synchronous Bilateral Invasive Lobular Breast Carcinoma: A Case Report

    Case Report

    Skin Nodules as a First Presentation of Synchronous Bilateral Invasive Lobular Breast Carcinoma: A Case Report

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Abstract

The most common cause of skin metastases in adult women is primary breast carcinoma, which comprises about 70% of cases [1]. Skin metastases have non-specific clinical appearances, making it challenging to differentiate them from other benign conditions [1]. We present a case of a 52-year-old female with type II diabetes and a three-month history of refractory skin lesions who did not respond to anti-inflammatory treatment. The patient subsequently complained of a right breast lump, evaluation of which led to the diagnosis of bilateral synchronous invasive lobular carcinoma.

Keywords: skin metastases, cutaneous metastases, breast cancer, synchronous breast cancer, invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC), bilateral ILC, bilateral breast carcinoma, early metastatic dissemination

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Khodair, S., Ewais, I., Abolmagd, H., El Sheikh, R., Raza, S., Portnow, L. H. & Gewefel, H., (2021) “Skin Nodules as a First Presentation of Synchronous Bilateral Invasive Lobular Breast Carcinoma: A Case Report”, Journal of Global Radiology 7(1): 8. doi: https://doi.org/10.7191/jgr.2021.1147

Rights: © 2021 Khodair, Ewais, Abolmagd, El Sheikh, Raza, Portnow and Gewefel. This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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15 Jul 2021
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