European Journal of Breast Health (Jan 2012)

AFTER THE SIXTH YEAR SCALP METASTASIS ISOLATED CASE OF BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS

  • Eda Erdiş,
  • Saadettin Kılıçkap,
  • Ebru Atasever Akkaş,
  • Birsen Yücel

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 43 – 44

Abstract

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Breast cancer metastasizing tumors of the skin is one of the most. Breast cancer, skin metastases may be the first sign of extranodal invasion (1). Often, the direct invasion of the anterior chest wall and / or local infiltration presenting as skin metastasis, although rarely seen in an area outside of the chest wall. Scalp involvement is very rare in breast cancer (2,3). We report a case of metastasis of breast cancer in a patient in the scalp are isolated.

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