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Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare and aggressive disease found almost exclusively in women. We present a case of a 51-year-old male with inflammatory breast carcinoma. The patient presented with a mass measuring roughly 7 cm with overlying erythema, peau d'orange appearance, and prominent nipple retraction. Core biopsy analysis demonstrated estrogen and progesterone receptor positive, HER2/neu receptor negative invasive ductal carcinoma. A PET scan revealed contralateral supraclavicular lymph node metastasis. The patient refused chemotherapy and radiation and was not a surgical candidate. Ultimately he opted for therapy with strictly an aromatase inhibitor. Most recent follow-up at 12 months demonstrated improvement of metastatic lesions on PET scan. Local progression of disease was noted on physical exam and the patient decided to add everolimus and radiation therapy while continuing an aromatase inhibitor. Retrospective studies have demonstrated increased survival of inflammatory breast cancer diagnosed in women with the utilization of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, surgical excision, and radiation therapy. Unfortunately, due to the rarity of the disease, no specific optimal treatment guidelines have been established for men diagnosed with this disease.
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PMID:Case Report: Hormone Receptor Positive, HER2/neu Negative Inflammatory Breast Cancer in a Male Patient. 2663 Aug 32

A 52-year-old woman presented with redness and swelling with a peau d'orange appearance in the whole right breast. Ultrasound revealed elevated subcutaneus fat density and a diffuse hypoechoic area. She was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer(T4dN2M0, Stage III B of the HER2 subtype). After 4 courses of EC treatment as primary systemic therapy, the hypoechoic area was still present. Subsequent chemotherapy with pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and docetaxel was effective, as hypoechoic area was not observed on ultrasound. She underwent mastectomy and axillary dissection, and pathological examination revealed pCR. At present, 2 years after surgery, the patient is alive with no reccurence.
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PMID:[A Case of HER2-Positive Inflammatory Breast Cancer for Which Preoperative Chemotherapy with Pertuzumab Resulted in a Pathological Complete Response]. 2762 52

A 39-year-old woman with very sever obesity was admitted to our hospital for a right breast redness and hardness. Her height, weight and BMI were 166 cm, 145 kg and 52.6 kg/m2. Her breast had peau d'orange. CT scan showed swelling of whole right breast and Level I , II lymph node. We performed core needle biopsy and diagnosed as the inflammatory breast cancer with ER and HER2 positive. We introduced chemotherapy(pertuzumab, trastuzumab and paclitaxel)and nutrition counseling in order to reduce her body weight. After 4 courses of chemotherapy, the clinical complete response was obtained and her body weight decreased to 125 kg. We performed mastectomy and axillary node resection and confirmed pathological complete response. Adjuvant chemotherapy(5-FU, epirubicin and cyclophosphamide), adjuvant trastuzumab therapy, postmastectomy radiation therapy and adjuvant hormonal therapy were administered. There have been no signs of recurrence as of 2 years after the operation.
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PMID:[A Case of Inflammatory Breast Cancer with Very Severe Obesity]. 2939 47