Inflammatory Breast Cancer
In inflammatory breast
cancer, cancer has spread to the skin of the breast and the breast looks red and swollen and feels warm. The
redness and warmth occur because the cancer cells block the lymph vessels in the skin. The skin of the breast
may also show the pitted appearance called peau
d’orange (like the skin of an orange). There may not be any lumps in the breast that can be felt. Inflammatory breast cancer may be stage IIIB, stage IIIC, or stage IV.
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Inflammatory breast cancer of the left breast showing peau d’orange and inverted nipple. |
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