Invasive ductal carcinoma and inflammatory breast carcinoma

Skin thickening leftInvasive ductal carcinoma and inflammatory breast: IDC carcinoma

A morbidly obese 55 year old woman complains of a " heavy" feeling in her left breast.

The large IDCinvasive ductal carcinoma of the right breast was not clinically palpable due to the size of the patient's breasts. The skin biopsy of the left breast confirmed an inflammatory carcinoma left breast.

The nodes in the left axilla were pathological and confirmed metastatic malignant cells. 

The increased isotope uptake in the left breast is a coincidental finding related to the diagnosis of an inflammatory carcinoma. 

The microcalcifications in the left breast were highly suggestive of DCIS but histology is not yet available.

Skin thickening left breast: IDC

Breast skin thickening - invasive ductal carcinoma

Skin thickening left breast: IDC

Skin thickening - inflammatory breast carcinoma

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A morbidly obese woman is sent by her family physician for breast imaging with a diagnosis of skin thickening left breast. The patient undergoes a bone scintigram after the diagnosis is made. What do you think of the isotope uptake in the left breast?

Inflammatory breast cancer.

Left axilla

Ultrasound of the left axilla shows multiple enlarged nodes the largest of which is 3 cm. in length.

A morbidly obese woman is sent by her family physician for breast imaging with a diagnosis of skin thickening left breast

The patient undergoes a bone scintigram after the diagnosis is made. What do you think of the isotopeDiffuse increased uptake inat the left breast ?.

Bone scan

Patchwork mammography of both breasts shows a suspicious lesion centrally in the right breast and diffuse.

Diffuse skin thickening left breast.

There areand subtle suspicious microcalcifications in the left breast.