INFLAMMATORY/ LACTATING CARCINOMA/ MASTITIS CARCINOMATOSIS

• Mastitis carcinomatosis is less than 1%
• Most aggressive type of breast carcinoma
• Similar to acute mastitis
• Dermal lymphatic invasion is characteristic feature.
• Clinically, rapid progressive tumour, diffuse, redness, painful, involving whole breast tissue with presence of peau d’ orange (>33% of breast skin)
• Papillary axillary lymphadenopathy
• ER negative
• Histology- ductal or lobular type with cancer cells.
• Metastasises to chest wall, bone and lungs
• Stage IIIB Carcinoma (T4D)
• Worst prognosis

INVESTIGATIONS-

• Punch biopsy is definitive diagnosis

 

TREATMENT-

• External radiotherapy and chemotherapy
• Antibiotic- amoxiclav

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