Breast Carcinomatous Lymphangitis as an Unusual Presentation of Ovarian Cancer

We describe the case of a 45-year-old woman with an unusual presentation of metastatic ovarian cancer. The patient presented to the oncological clinic with a three-week history of skin rash on the right breast. She underwent a chest and abdomen CT scan, which showed skin thickening of the right brea...

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Autores principales:	Barbara Muoio, Giorgio Treglia, Paola Migliora, Maria Del Grande
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	carcinomatous lymphangitis breast ovarian cancer imaging pathology Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3de19bbde4cb41bf831b52b60fde450c2021-11-25T17:21:40ZBreast Carcinomatous Lymphangitis as an Unusual Presentation of Ovarian Cancer10.3390/diagnostics111121062075-4418https://doaj.org/article/3de19bbde4cb41bf831b52b60fde450c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/11/11/2106https://doaj.org/toc/2075-4418We describe the case of a 45-year-old woman with an unusual presentation of metastatic ovarian cancer. The patient presented to the oncological clinic with a three-week history of skin rash on the right breast. She underwent a chest and abdomen CT scan, which showed skin thickening of the right breast, right pleural effusion and bilateral cystic ovarian masses. Biopsy of a left ovarian lesion by diagnostic laparoscopy revealed the presence of ovarian serous carcinoma. Biopsy of the breast skin lesion revealed the presence of carcinomatous lymphangitis and immunohistochemistry documented the ovarian origin.Barbara MuoioGiorgio TregliaPaola MiglioraMaria Del GrandeMDPI AGarticlecarcinomatous lymphangitisbreastovarian cancerimagingpathologyMedicine (General)R5-920ENDiagnostics, Vol 11, Iss 2106, p 2106 (2021)
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topic	carcinomatous lymphangitis breast ovarian cancer imaging pathology Medicine (General) R5-920
spellingShingle	carcinomatous lymphangitis breast ovarian cancer imaging pathology Medicine (General) R5-920 Barbara Muoio Giorgio Treglia Paola Migliora Maria Del Grande Breast Carcinomatous Lymphangitis as an Unusual Presentation of Ovarian Cancer
description	We describe the case of a 45-year-old woman with an unusual presentation of metastatic ovarian cancer. The patient presented to the oncological clinic with a three-week history of skin rash on the right breast. She underwent a chest and abdomen CT scan, which showed skin thickening of the right breast, right pleural effusion and bilateral cystic ovarian masses. Biopsy of a left ovarian lesion by diagnostic laparoscopy revealed the presence of ovarian serous carcinoma. Biopsy of the breast skin lesion revealed the presence of carcinomatous lymphangitis and immunohistochemistry documented the ovarian origin.
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author	Barbara Muoio Giorgio Treglia Paola Migliora Maria Del Grande
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title	Breast Carcinomatous Lymphangitis as an Unusual Presentation of Ovarian Cancer
title_short	Breast Carcinomatous Lymphangitis as an Unusual Presentation of Ovarian Cancer
title_full	Breast Carcinomatous Lymphangitis as an Unusual Presentation of Ovarian Cancer
title_fullStr	Breast Carcinomatous Lymphangitis as an Unusual Presentation of Ovarian Cancer
title_full_unstemmed	Breast Carcinomatous Lymphangitis as an Unusual Presentation of Ovarian Cancer
title_sort	breast carcinomatous lymphangitis as an unusual presentation of ovarian cancer
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/3de19bbde4cb41bf831b52b60fde450c
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Breast Carcinomatous Lymphangitis as an Unusual Presentation of Ovarian Cancer

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