Home treatment of skin metastases of breast carcinoma by the palliative care team

Abstract

We report the case of a female patient aged 70, with the diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer, who presented ulceration of possible skin metastases de novo. The recognition and appropriate therapeutic approach of complications of skin metastases is essential in the care and control of patient’s symptoms included in palliative care program or home hospitalization unit.

Keywords

• metástasis cutáneas
• úlceras tumorales
• metástasis cáncer mama