Rare cutaneous malignancy of the nipple-areola complex (NAC) characterized by epidermal adenocarcinoma cells, called Paget Cells, typically associated with underlying in situ or inva...
Scaly, raw, vesicular, or ulcerated lesion that begins on the nipple and then spreads to the areola
Pain, burning, and pruritus may be present even before clinically evident disease.
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Systemic adjuvant chemotherapy and/or endocrine therapy is based on the stage and hormone receptor status of the associated cancer.
In Paget disease without an associated cancer or ...
After successful treatment for Paget disease of the breast, patients should start an individualized cancer surveillance pr...
C50.019 Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola, unsp female breast
C50.011 Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola, right female breast
C50.012 Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola, left ...
Any chronic or nonhealing nipple or breast lesions should be biopsied to rule out malignancy.
Further imaging is indicated to rule out additional underlying breast malignancy.
Breast mam...
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<bold>FIG. 5.2.</bold> Nipple inversion from breast cancer.
<bold>FIG. 12.4.</bold> Solid masses. <bold>A:</bold> Invasive lobular carcinoma. This small solid mass (<italic>arrow</bold>) has indistinct margins, an irregular shape, a nonparallel orientation, and posterior shadowing, all features of malignancy. <bold>B:</bold> Mixed invasive ductal and lobular carcinoma. This larger mass has all of the features characterizing the smaller version in <bold>A.</bold> In addition, the infiltrative nature of the cancer is seen in spicules (<italic>arrows</bold>) extending into the surrounding f...
<bold>FIG. 12.4.</bold> Solid masses. <bold>A:</bold> Invasive lobular carcinoma. This small solid mass (<ital...
Mammogram of breast cancer (note the irregular shape and borders of the growth)
Paget disease of the vulva. The lesion is red, moist, and sharply demarcated.
Carcinoma of the breast. Mammogram. An irregularly shaped, dense mass (arrows) is seen in this otherwise fatty breast.
Paget's disease is typified by a crusty, red scaliness of the nipple.
Pt s/p mastectomy for breast cancer with nodules in the chest wall (bx proven recurrent cancer)
Paget disease of the nipple. An erythematous, scaly, and weeping "eczema" involves the nipple.