[Pyoderma gangrenosum and breast cancer: a new case]

Ann Med Interne (Paris). 2000 Jun;151(4):314-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report here a new case of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) associated with a breast cancer in a 39-year-old woman. We only found in literature three other reports of this rare entity which seems usually to be associated with monoclonal gammopathy, gastro-intestinal diseases such as Crohn's disease, chronic ulcerative colitis, leukemias or rheumatologic diseases. A commun hapten between of tumor and skin may explain the origin of this inflammatory lesion. In our case, PG could be a paraneoplastic syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Breast Neoplasms / complications*
  • Breast Neoplasms / therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mastectomy / adverse effects
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum / classification
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum / diagnosis
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum / etiology*
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum / immunology