RESUMO
Inflammatory breast carcinoma is a rare and aggressive type of breast cancer that is definitively diagnosed by histologic evaluation showing invasive tumor cells in the dermal lymphatic system. Associated dermal calcifications are not typically identified. We report an unusual case in which inflammatory breast carcinoma led to the presence of pleomorphic dermal calcifications identified on the initial mammographic examination.
RESUMO
The isolated finding of calcific deposits within axillary lymph nodes on mammography suggests a broad range of differential diagnoses, from benign causes such as granulomatous reaction secondary to previous histoplasmosis infection to malignancies such as breast cancer and metastatic disease from extramammary primary malignancies. Therefore, the isolated finding of intranodal calcium may warrant biopsy for a definitive diagnosis when a benign etiology is not apparent. We present a patient with isolated axillary lymph node densities on mammography and chest computed tomography, which were subsequently proven to represent deposition of tattoo pigment.
