Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer. Venous thromboembolism is often related to cancer conditions but this report presents a case in which the thromboembolic event predicted the diagnosis of cancer. A 48-year-old female was admitted with the evidence of acute right axillary vein thrombosis. There was also erythema and edema of the skin of the right breast. Further evidence revealed a case of inflammatory breast cancer. The patient underwent anticoagulant therapy, and neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy was initiated. The patient underwent extensive unilateral mastectomy following neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Follow-up (after 2 months of anticoagulation therapy for deep vein thrombosis) revealed recanalization of the right axillary vein, without evidence of residual thrombus. A case of acute vein thrombosis as the first manifestation of breast cancer may delay the diagnosis and subsequent appropriate treatment.
Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer. Venous thromboembolism is often related to cancer conditions but this report presents a case in which the thromboembolic event predicted the diagnosis of cancer. A 48-year-old female was admitted with the evidence of acute right axillary vein thrombosis. There was also erythema and edema of the skin of the right breast. Further evidence revealed a case of inflammatory breast cancer. The patient underwent anticoagulant therapy, and neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy was initiated. The patient underwent extensive unilateral mastectomy following neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Follow-up (after 2 months of anticoagulation therapy for deep vein thrombosis) revealed recanalization of the right axillary vein, without evidence of residual thrombus. A case of acute vein thrombosis as the first manifestation of breast cancer may delay the diagnosis and subsequent appropriate treatment.
Axillary Vein Thrombosis as the first clinical manifestation of Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Report of a Case
SERRA R;DE FRANCISCIS S
2013-01-01
Abstract
Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer. Venous thromboembolism is often related to cancer conditions but this report presents a case in which the thromboembolic event predicted the diagnosis of cancer. A 48-year-old female was admitted with the evidence of acute right axillary vein thrombosis. There was also erythema and edema of the skin of the right breast. Further evidence revealed a case of inflammatory breast cancer. The patient underwent anticoagulant therapy, and neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy was initiated. The patient underwent extensive unilateral mastectomy following neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Follow-up (after 2 months of anticoagulation therapy for deep vein thrombosis) revealed recanalization of the right axillary vein, without evidence of residual thrombus. A case of acute vein thrombosis as the first manifestation of breast cancer may delay the diagnosis and subsequent appropriate treatment.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.