Primary epidermoid carcinoma of the breast presenting as a breast abscess and sepsis

CONTEXT: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the breast is an extremely rare form of cancer, accounting for approximately 0.04% of all malignant breast tumors. To date, only a limited number of cases of SCC of the breast have been reported, and most of them presented like the usual breast carcinomas. C...

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Main Authors: Andrea Pires Damin, Fernanda Costa Nascimento, João Batista Andreola, Talita Haubert Cerutti, Adriana Roehe, Daniel Carvalho Damin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802011000600009&lng=en&tlng=en