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Carcinoma Erysipeloides

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•~ inflammatory metastases;  sometimes mistaken for cellulitis
•most frequently seen in metastatic breast carcinoma
•appear to be caused by tumor infiltration of dermal lymphatics, where they create obstruction
•to be differentiated from cancer en cuirasse (AKA schirrhous carcinoma) in which the skin is indurated and biopsy reveals fibrosis and only a few tumor cells