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Article: Allergic contact dermatitis mimicking mammary Paget's disease.(Case Report)(Case study)
- Article from:
- Indian Journal of Dermatology
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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Byline: Feroze. Kaliyadan, Manoj. Jayasree, S. Venkitakrishnan
A 55-year-old female patient presented to our outpatient department with complaints of persistent erythema, oozing and crusting restricted to the left breast over the last 6 months. The patient underwent investigations to rule out the possibility of mammary Paget's disease, all of which were negative. A possibility of contact dermatitis to topical medication was considered and confirmed by patch testing.
Introduction
Contact dermatitis of the breast area can be due to a number of factors including topical applications of various types.[sup] [1],[2],[3] the lesions present as ...