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ArticleCureus2024

Inflammatory Breast Carcinoma in Pregnancy: A Curious Case of a High-Grade Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Masquerading as a Breast Abscess in the Second Trimester.

Navin Sundar Arunachalam Jeykumar, Subash Sacratice, Thivagar Thirugnanam, Pandiyan Vadivel

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Navin Sundar Arunachalam JeykumarGeneral Surgery, Thanjavur Medical College Hospital, Thanjavur, IND.
Subash SacraticeGeneral Surgery, Thanjavur Medical College Hospital, Thanjavur, IND.
Thivagar ThirugnanamGeneral Surgery, Thanjavur Medical College Hospital, Thanjavur, IND.
Pandiyan VadivelGeneral Surgery, Thanjavur Medical College Hospital, Thanjavur, IND.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory breast carcinoma is an uncommon presentation of carcinoma breast characterised by tumour cell emboli invading the dermal lymphatics and manifesting as skin oedema and redness, closely resembling acute mastitis. We report the case of a 37-year-old pregnant female in the second trimester (at 16 weeks) with a left breast inflammatory carcinoma deceptively presenting as a breast abscess leading to a late diagnosis, delayed definitive management, and having profound psychological, therapeutic, and prognostic implications. Given its tendency to be clinically misleading and often disregarded until late stages, much emphasis has to be placed on a low threshold of suspicion when suggestive clinical signs are encountered.

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breast abscesshigh-grade invasive ductal carcinomainflammatory breast carcinoma in pregnancymultidisciplinary managementtriple-positive breast cancer

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PMID39385889
PMCPMC11462782

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