Metástasis cutáneas de cáncer de mama: revisión de la literatura
Introduction: Breast cancer is one of the most frequent malignant tumors in women and is the main carcinoma leading cutaneous metastasis (CMs), excluding melanoma. Objectives: To present a literature review about CMs from breast cancer and to show the mainly clinical forms. Discussion: CMs can present different skin manifestations, but single or multiple papulonodular erythematosus infiltrate are the most common, generally located in the underlying skin or close to the primary tumor area. Tumor cells reach the skin through three dissemination forms -hematogeneus, lymphatic, and contiguity-. Breast carcinomas normally disseminate through lymphatic via and reach close skin zones; thus, breast CMs mainly allocate in the thorax skin. Conclusions: CMs can be the initial manifestation of a cancer or a sign of its recurrence. There must be a high level of suspicion because its clinical polymorphism.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | Spanish / Castilian |
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Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile
2017
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-40262017000100018 |
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| Summary: | Introduction: Breast cancer is one of the most frequent malignant tumors in women and is the main carcinoma leading cutaneous metastasis (CMs), excluding melanoma. Objectives: To present a literature review about CMs from breast cancer and to show the mainly clinical forms. Discussion: CMs can present different skin manifestations, but single or multiple papulonodular erythematosus infiltrate are the most common, generally located in the underlying skin or close to the primary tumor area. Tumor cells reach the skin through three dissemination forms -hematogeneus, lymphatic, and contiguity-. Breast carcinomas normally disseminate through lymphatic via and reach close skin zones; thus, breast CMs mainly allocate in the thorax skin. Conclusions: CMs can be the initial manifestation of a cancer or a sign of its recurrence. There must be a high level of suspicion because its clinical polymorphism. |
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