Paget's Disease Of The Breast

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Contents 1 Etiology 2 Clinical-manifestations 3 More General Terms 4 Additional Terms 5 References

Etiology

• associated with underlying ductal carcinoma of the breast

Clinical-manifestations

• erythematous, scaling weeping eczematous eruption of the areola

More General Terms

• skin disease (dermatologic disorder, dermatopathy, dermatosis)
• breast disease; mammary gland disease

Additional Terms

• extramammary Paget's disease
• Paget's disease of the bone

References

Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 170-71

Paget's disease of the breast or nipple