Inflammatory breast cancer
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Overview
Inflammatory breast cancer[1] is an especially aggressive[1] type of breast cancer that can occur in women of any age (and, although extremely rarely, in men). It is unique because it often does not present with a lump and therefore often is not detected by mammography or ultrasound.[1] It presents with the signs and symptoms of a breast infection such as mastitis.
IBC or Inflammatory Breast Cancer causes breast changes in the nipple and surrounding areas. Other symptoms include rapid increase in breast size, redness, persistent itching, skin hot to the touch. IBC often initially resembles mastitis, and is sometimes misdiagnosed as an insect bite.
Inflammatory breast cancer is defined histologically by the presence of cancer cells in the subdermal lymphatics on skin biopsy. Diagnosis is done with an MRI or biopsy.
References
See also
External links
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer Help Site
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer Survivors' stories
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer Patients' stories
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer Memorial tributes site
- What Women Need to Know About IBC
- The Mayo Clinic's Inflammatory Breast Cancer page
- Video shown on Seattle TV in May 2006
- IBC Support
- IBC Research
- The Discovery Channel
- US Government's Cancer Information Page
- Susan G. Komen for the Cure
www.ucihs.uci.edu/cancer/clinicalTrials/breast.html
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Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
