Erosive plaque on mammary region

Authors

  • María Florencia Suárez Conde Alemán Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Virginia Mariana González Alemán Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • José Gabriel Casas Alemán Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Margarita Larralde Alemán Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Keywords:

erosive plaque, mammary region

Abstract

A 62-year-old woman, phototype III, with a personal history of breast reduction surgery 25 years ago and basal cell carcinoma of the face. She consulted for presenting, in the right breast, an oval plaque of 1 cm in diameter, shiny, with a small central erosion in the external periareolar region. The lesion appeared after trauma 2 months before consultation.

Author Biographies

  • María Florencia Suárez Conde, Alemán Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Medical Dermatologist Fellow in Oncological Dermatology and Dermatoscopy

  • Virginia Mariana González, Alemán Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Dermatologist in charge of the Oncological Dermatology and Dermatoscopy Section

  • José Gabriel Casas, Alemán Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Consultant Dermopathologist of the Pathological Anatomy Service

  • Margarita Larralde, Alemán Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Head of the Dermatology Service

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2019-05-24

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