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breast lesions, skin (female)
Etiology:
1) papules or plaques
- chronic eczematous dermatitis
- Paget's disease of the nipple
- scabies
- seborrheic keratosis
2) lichenification
- chronic eczematous dermatitis
- lichen simplex
3) crusts
- any vesicular, bullous, excoriated, or ulcerated lesion
4) scales
- eczematous dermatitis
- Paget's disease of the breast
- Tinea corporis
4) vesicles
- acute contact dermatitis
- Paget's disease of the nipple
- scabies
6) ulcers
- syphilitic chancre
Related
breast; mammary gland
General
differential diagnosis of skin lesions by body region
References
Color Atlas & Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, Common
& Serious Diseases, 3rd ed, Fitzpatrick et al, McGraw Hill, NY,
1997, pg 994-1001