Postsurgical changes of the breast that mimic inflammatory breast carcinoma.
Mayo Clin Proc
; 71(6): 552-5, 1996 Jun.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8642883
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To characterize a clinical syndrome that occurs in some women who have undergone breast or axillary lymph node biopsy or partial mastectomy. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Six case reports are presented, the clinical and histopathologic findings are described, and the implications for recognition of this entity are discussed.RESULTS:
Patients who had undergone partial mastectomy, breast biopsy, or axillary lymph node excision shortly thereafter had clinical signs (most notably, erythema and edema) suggestive of infectious mastitis or inflammatory breast cancer. Representative histologic sections of involved skin revealed dilated dermal vessels without specific evidence of infection or cancer. Although antibiotic therapy was generally ineffective, the clinical findings resolved with time (from 2 months to 1 year). This condition should be considered in the differential diagnosis when this circumscribed patient population has such intervention-related symptoms.CONCLUSION:
This clinical syndrome may mimic an infectious or neoplastic process, but we hypothesize that it is due to interruption of lymphatic vessels. Appropriate recognition may alter the use of antibiotic therapy or surgical intervention.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Complicações Pós-Operatórias
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Neoplasias da Mama
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Adenocarcinoma
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article