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sQUIZ your knowledge! An axillary infiltrative plaque Volume 30, issue 6, November-December 2020

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Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Portugal

A 75-year-old woman presented with an infiltrative plaque in the right axilla, with a five-year evolution of progressive enlargement. Clinically, it was identified as a solitary, mildly tender, erythematous, indurated and infiltrative plaque localized on the right axilla, with no suppurative openings (figure 1A). An incisional cutaneous biopsy was performed, followed by histopathological analysis.What is your diagnosis?Answer: Primary carcinoma of ectopic breast tissueEctopic breast tissue (EBT) [...]