Abstract
Carcinoma en cuirasse is an uncommon clinical manifestation of metastatic cutaneous carcinoma characterized by diffuse sclerodermoid induration of the skin. The name was given in the first description by Velpeau in 1838 based on its resemblance to the steel breastplate of cuirassier (cavalry soldier) [1]. Other terms for this distinctive morphological variant of cutaneous metastasis include armoured cancer, Panzerkrebs, scirrhous carcinoma and Acarcine eburnee [2, 3]. Usually carcinoma en cuirasse occurs in patients with local tumour relapse after mastectomy, albeit in some subjects it develops as a presenting feature of primary breast cancer (BC) [4]. Rarely, this form of cutaneous metastasis was associated with other adenocarcinomas (e.g. carcinoma of the lung, kidney or gastrointestinal tract) [5].
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