View Article |
Cutaneous lesions as a presenting sign of metastases in male breast cancer: a rare clinical entity
Poovaneswaran, Sangeetha1, Zon, Ern Justin Lee2, Whei, Ying Lim3, Gopal, Navarasi S. Raja4, Fauziah Mohd Dali5, Ibtisam Mohamad6.
Male breast cancer accounts for only 1% of cancers in men and 1% of breast cancers. Cutaneous metastases occurless than 10% of all patients with visceral malignancies and are considered a rare and late eventin progression of metastatic disease. A 45-year-old man presented with a lump in the left breast which was confirmed to be infiltrating ductal carcinoma. He underwent a left mastectomy and axillary clearance followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy to the left chest wall. However, he was non-compliant to adjuvant tamoxifen due to hot flushes. One year later, he presented with biopsy proven cutaneous metastases. Initially he had complete excision of the lesions, however, two months later more skin lesions appeared predominantly over the chest wall and back. Hormonal therapy failed to control the metastases as such he was treated with systemic chemotherapy. He is currently on third line chemotherapy.
Affiliation:
- International Medical University, Malaysia
- International Medical University, Malaysia
- International Medical University, Malaysia
- International Medical University, Malaysia
- International Medical University, Malaysia
- International Medical University, Malaysia
Download this article (This article has been downloaded 432 time(s))
|
|
Indexation |
Indexed by |
MyJurnal (2018) |
H-Index
|
8 |
Immediacy Index
|
0.000 |
Rank |
13/17,Q3(Medical & Health Sciences )
|
Indexed by |
Scopus (SCImago Journal Rankings 2016) |
Impact Factor
|
- |
Rank |
Q3 (Medicine (miscellaneous)) |
Additional Information |
0.248 (SJR) |
|
|
|