A Case of Erysipelatoid Carcinomatous Lymphangitis of Skin Revealing Breast Adenocarcinoma

Abdelmouttalib Asmae,Benzekri Leila,Meziane Mariame,Senouci Karima,Ismaili Nadia,Sialiti Sanae

doi:10.23937/2474-3682/1510163

Abstract

Cutaneous Carcinomatous Lymphangitis (CCL) is one of the rare clinical forms of cutaneous metastasis that generally occurs late in the history of the cancer. It is generally misrecognized and wrongly treated as antibiotic-resistant erysipele. Clinically, lesions are polymorphic and mimicking different skin diseases, thus delaying the diagnosis and the treatment. We report a case of CCL with atypical lesions.

Highlights

Skin metastases accounts for 2% of all metastases
They occur in 23.9% of patients [1]
Carcinomatous lymphangitis is one of the rare clinical forms that generally occur late in the history of the cancer. It can sometimes inaugurate the underlying malignancy as in the case of our patient.We report a case of Cutaneous Carcinomatous Lymphangitis (CCL) associated with keratosis and necrotic lesions that revealed invasive breast adenocarcinoma

Summary

Introduction

Skin metastases accounts for 2% of all metastases. During breast carcinoma, they occur in 23.9% of patients [1]. They occur in 23.9% of patients [1]. Carcinomatous lymphangitis is one of the rare clinical forms that generally occur late in the history of the cancer.

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