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A perplexing presentation of a breast carcinoma: a case report

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Breast cancer is a devastating disease for women. In this paper, we present a breast carcinoma presenting in a bizarre location. It was initially presumed that the patient had skin cancer, but the lesion turned out to be breast cancer presenting as a superficial mass on the skin of the breast.

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  1. Birol Civelek

    Present address: Kehribar Sokak, 9/24, G.O.P., 06700, Ankara, Turkey

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  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, S.B. Diskapi Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Birol Civelek, Kubilay Ozdil & Selim Celebioglu

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Civelek, B., Ozdil, K. & Celebioglu, S. A perplexing presentation of a breast carcinoma: a case report. Eur J Plast Surg 29, 44–46 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-005-0018-x

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