ABSTRACT
The incidence of cutaneous metastases of primary tumor has been reported to be rare, as compared with metastasis of other internal organ. Carcinoma of the breast is most common cause of cutaneous metastasis in women. We report here on a case of telangiectactic metastatic breast carcinoma in a 65-year-old female who had violaceous plaques and vesicles over the right side of the neck. Histopathological examinations of the cutaneous lesion revealed aggregations of tumor cells within the dilated blood vessels in the dermis.
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Aged , Female , Humans , Blood Vessels , Breast , Dermis , Incidence , Neck , Neoplasm MetastasisABSTRACT
About 25% of patients with breast cancer develop one of the several clinicopathological types of cutaneous metastasis. Telangiectatic cutaneous metastases are very rare and may present with telangiectasia, erythema, papulovesicles, purpuric patch or plaque. Histopathologically, they demonstrate ectatic, dilated dermal blood vessels that contain atypical tumor cells and thrombi. We report a rare case of telangiectatic metastatic breast carcinoma on the scalp and shin, which presented with cutaneous angiosarcoma-like violaceous plaques.