Erschienen in:
01.10.2012 | Case Report
Management of invasive extramammary Paget’s disease of the axilla—a case report
verfasst von:
Nir Gal-Or, Tamir Gil, Aharon Amir, Arie Bitterman, Munir Nashashibi, Issa Metanes, Yaron Har-Shai
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Ausgabe 10/2012
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Excerpt
Extramammary Paget’s disease (EMPD) is a rare dermatosis affecting the epidermis. This lesion has a predilection to areas of skin which are rich with apocrine glands, such as the vulva and male genitalia, and often has a more favorable prognosis than mammary Paget disease [
1]. A Medline search has revealed that Paget’s disease of the axilla had been reported only in few clinical cases. The guidelines for staging and treatment of EMPD as well as the indications for sentinel lymph node biopsy and lymph node dissection have not yet been established [
2]. …