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Paget's disease of the breast or nipple

Etiology: - associated with underlying ductal carcinoma of the breast Pathology: * histopathology images [3] * electron microscopy images [3] Clinical manifestations: - erythematous, scaling weeping eczematous eruption or ulceration on the nipple spreading to the areola * images [3,4] Special laboratory: - skin biopsy

Related

extramammary Paget's disease Paget's disease of the bone; osteitis deformans

General

paraneoplastic dermatosis breast disease; mammary gland disease

References

  1. Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 170-71
  2. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, 18. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015, 2018. - Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19 Board Basics. An Enhancement to MKSAP19. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2022
  3. Elston CA, Elston DM (images) Medscape: Mammary Paget Disease http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1101235-overview
  4. DermNet NZ. Mammary Paget disease (images) http://www.dermnetnz.org/site-age-specific/paget.html