Breast nodularity and ulceration: diffuse dermal angiomatosis a corticosteroid responsive disease

Dermatol Online J. 2016 Nov 15;22(11):13030/qt1rr7z8b1.

Abstract

Diffuse dermal angiomatosis of the breast (DDAB) is an uncommon ulcerative angiomatosis, which occurs in middle aged women with large pendulous breasts, a history of cigarette smoking, and risk factors for atherosclerosis. Based on its rarity, no well-defined therapeutic regimen has been elucidated. We report a case of DDAB in a woman with no history of smoking or radiographic evidence of occluded vasculature who presented with ulceration and pain-associated breast nodularity. She had a complete reproducible response to oral corticosteroids.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiomatosis / diagnosis*
  • Angiomatosis / drug therapy
  • Angiomatosis / pathology
  • Breast Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Breast Diseases / drug therapy
  • Breast Diseases / pathology
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Skin Diseases / diagnosis
  • Skin Diseases / drug therapy
  • Skin Diseases / pathology
  • Skin Ulcer / diagnosis*
  • Skin Ulcer / drug therapy
  • Skin Ulcer / pathology

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Prednisone