<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Mammary Paget's disease is a rare intraepithelial carcinoma of the nipple/areola complex often associated with ductal breast carcinoma. We report a case of a 55-year-old female patient with a classical form of mammary Paget's disease associated ductal ipsilateral breast carcinoma. Dermoscopy of Paget's disease revealed a whitish-pink area with polymorphous vessels organized in irregular nests separated by pale streak-like structures, with peripheral light brown diffuse pigmentation. Dermoscopic features described in this case are in agreement with rare previous reports and may contribute to better differentiation of mammary Paget's disease from clinically similar lesions.</p></abstract>

Mammary Paget's disease is a rare intraepithelial carcinoma of the nipple/areola complex often associated with ductal breast carcinoma. We report a case of a 55-year-old female patient with a classical form of mammary Paget's disease associated ductal ipsilateral breast carcinoma. Dermoscopy of Paget's disease revealed a whitish-pink area with polymorphous vessels organized in irregular nests separated by pale streak-like structures, with peripheral light brown diffuse pigmentation. Dermoscopic features described in this case are in agreement with rare previous reports and may contribute to better differentiation of mammary Paget's disease from clinically similar lesions.

Dermoscopy Case of the Month

Clinic of Dermatovenereology Diseases, Clinical Center of Vojvodina

Department of Pathology, Oncology Institute of Vojvodina

Serbian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology

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Mammary Paget's Disease - a Case Report

Mammary Paget's disease is a rare intraepithelial carcinoma of the nipple/areola complex often associated with ductal breast carcinoma. We report a case of a...

Dermoscopy Case of the Month

Pubblicato online: 24 mar 2018

Pagine: 135 - 139

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjdv-2017-0015

Parole chiave
Paget's Disease, Mammary, Skin Neoplasms, Diagnosis, Nipples, Breast Neoplasms, Dermoscopy, Case Reports

© 2017 Tatjana Roš et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Dermoscopy Case of the Month

Pubblicato online: 24 mar 2018

Pagine: 135 - 139

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjdv-2017-0015

Parole chiavePaget's Disease, Mammary, Skin Neoplasms, Diagnosis, Nipples, Breast Neoplasms, Dermoscopy, Case Reports

© 2017 Tatjana Roš et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Parole chiave
Paget's Disease, Mammary, Skin Neoplasms, Diagnosis, Nipples, Breast Neoplasms, Dermoscopy, Case Reports