Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Breast Mimicking Chronic Breast Abscess
C Danny Darlington1, G Fatima Shirly Anitha2
1Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Abstract:
Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the breast is an exceedingly rare malignancy, and there are no clear management protocols for SCC of the breast. We report a 45-year-old female patient who presented with the recurrent breast abscess and a large fungating SCC of the breast with fixed ipsilateral axillary nodes. She was offered modified radical mastectomy. During the follow-up visits, she was observed to have developed multiple vertebral metastases. She had palliative chemotherapy. However, the patient succumbed to the disease within 6 months of the diagnosis.
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