Paget's Disease of the Breast Areola Mimicking Cutaneous Melanoma
β Scribed by Sonya Mitchell; Roberto Lachica; M. Barry Randall; Derrick J. Beech
- Book ID
- 110760681
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1075-122X
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A 67-year-old woman developed a cutaneous horn on the nipple of her right breast. Biopsy of the skin underlying the horn disclosed Paget's disease of the breast. An intraductal adenocarcinoma of the same breast was found on mastectomy. High index of suspicion is mandatory in evaluating all nipple le
## Abstract Twentyβnine histologically verified cases of Paget's disease of the breast treated at the Hadassah University Hospital in the years 1949β1972 were followed up and analyzed. Dividing this material into two groups according to the presence or absence of a palpable breast tumor revealed si