RT Book, Section
A1 Fouad, Tamer M.
A1 Valero, Vincente
A1 Ueno, Naoto T.
A2 Kantarjian, Hagop M.
A2 Wolff, Robert A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1126743391
T1 Inflammatory Breast Cancer
T2 The MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology, 3e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Medical
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071847940
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126743391
RD 2024/04/19
AB Inflammatory  breast  carcinoma  (IBC)  is  a  very  aggressive  disease  and  accounts  for  less  than  6%  of  all  breast  cancers  in  the  United  States.  It  is  characterized  by  a  rapidly  progressive  clinical  course  and  diagnosed  on  the  basis  of  distinct  skin  manifestations  that  are  often  confused  with  inflammation,  hence  its  name.  These  manifestations  include  erythema,  edema,  skin  nodules,  and  nipple  retraction.  A  characteristic  infiltration  of  the  dermal  lymphatics  with  tumor  emboli  is  often  seen  by  pathology  but  is  not  required  to  establish  a  diagnosis.