Primary epidermoid carcinoma of the breast presenting as a breast abscess and sepsis

São Paulo Medical Journal

Fernanda Costa Nascimento¹  João Batista Andreola¹  Talita Haubert Cerutti¹  Andrea Pires Damin¹  Adriana Roehe²  Daniel Carvalho Damin³ 

[1] Hospital Fêmina;Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre;Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul;

关键词: Breast neoplasms;    Carcinoma, squamous cell;    Abscess;    Sepsis;    Mastectomy;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-31802011000600009

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

CONTEXT: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the breast is an extremely rare form of cancer, accounting for approximately 0.04% of all malignant breast tumors. To date, only a limited number of cases of SCC of the breast have been reported, and most of them presented like the usual breast carcinomas. CASE REPORT: A 39-year-old woman presented with a large breast abscess and signs of sepsis. After surgical debridement of the lesion, histopathological examination of the abscess capsule revealed the presence of SCC of the breast. The definitive treatment for the tumor consisted of modified radical mastectomy with resection of the residual lesion in the right breast. CONCLUSIONS: This unusual case illustrates how an apparently benign disorder such as a breast abscess might be related to a clinically occult malignancy. A review of the literature on SCC of the breast is presented

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