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758864

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-2-26
pubmed:abstractText
Mammary skin edema has been quantitated in 205 cases of T1, T2 and T3 breast cancer by mammographic measurement, and its prognostic significance assessed. Edema was present in 70% of patients and the incidence was directly related to tumor size. Edema was seen on occasions in all quadrants of the breast, but the inner and lower quadrants were the most frequent sites of edema irrespective of the site of tumor. Histology showed the skin thickening located in the reticular dermis; the papillary dermis and epidermis showed no change. It was shown that neither dermal lymphatic involvement nor lymphatic obstruction by regional node involvement was of primary etiological significance. Skin edema correlates with prognosis since there is an increased likelihood of both systemic and local recurrence if skin edema exceeds 0.5 mm. Further investigation and longer follow-up is necessary to show whether skin edema represents a parameter which carries prognostic significance independent of the more usual clinical indications.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0003-4932
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
189
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
53-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
The significance of mammary skin edema in noninflammatory breast cancer.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article