María Florencia Suárez Conde; Virginia Mariana González; José Gabriel Casas; Margarita Larralde

Authors

María Florencia Suárez Conde Alemán Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Virginia Mariana González Alemán Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
José Gabriel Casas Alemán Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Margarita Larralde Alemán Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Keywords:

erosive plaque, mammary region

Abstract

A 62-year-old woman, phototype III, with a personal history of breast reduction surgery 25 years ago and basal cell carcinoma of the face. She consulted for presenting, in the right breast, an oval plaque of 1 cm in diameter, shiny, with a small central erosion in the external periareolar region. The lesion appeared after trauma 2 months before consultation.

Author Biographies

María Florencia Suárez Conde, Alemán Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Medical Dermatologist Fellow in Oncological Dermatology and Dermatoscopy

Virginia Mariana González, Alemán Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dermatologist in charge of the Oncological Dermatology and Dermatoscopy Section

José Gabriel Casas, Alemán Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Consultant Dermopathologist of the Pathological Anatomy Service

Margarita Larralde, Alemán Hospital, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Head of the Dermatology Service

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