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Paget’s disease of the breast is uncommon and patients may present with nipple discharge, eczema, plaque or nipple destruction with or without a lump. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the presentation, clinicopathological features and treatment given for patients presenting with Paget’s disease of the breast. We performed a retrospective analysis of medical records of patients who were treated at our centre for Paget’s disease of the breast from 2006–2011. Twenty patients were treated in this period. Twelve patients had associated lump and eight patients did not have a lump in the breast. Two patients did not have a lump or any detected abnormality in mammography. Multicentricity was present in five patients. Diagnosis of malignancy was made by fine-needle aspiration cytology for patients with palpable lump and nipple wedge biopsy for patients with no lump. Modified radical mastectomy was done in 10 patients: 2 patients underwent total mastectomy and sentinel lymph node biopsy and 8 patients underwent central quadrantectomy and sentinel lymph node biopsy. Eleven patients had invasive ductal carcinoma, one patient had ductal carcinoma in situ with foci of invasion and eight patients had ductal carcinoma in situ. Seven patients had lymph node metastases. Three patients had recurrence, one had local recurrence and two had distant recurrences. The mean follow up period was 28 months (range 15–64 months). Paget’s disease of the breast is a rare entity and one needs imaging and biopsy to diagnose these patients as they have associated cancer. They can be considered for breast conservation surgery with good cosmetic and oncological results.
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Challa, V.R., Deshmane, V. Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of Paget’s Disease of the Breast—a Retrospective Study. Indian J Surg 77 (Suppl 3), 1083–1087 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-014-1167-6
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