- Infrequent form of invasive breast carcinoma (<1%)
- Increased volume and induration of the breast
- Increased temperature, Tenderness or pain
- Peau d’orange or cutaneous edema, redness of the skin of at least one-third of the breast
- The presence of a palpable ridge at the margin of induration
- Inflammatory breast cancer T stage : T4d
** Primary breast cancer + dilated dermal lymphatic vessels **
Imaging finding
- MG
- diffuse skin thickening, increased density, trabecular thickening, axillary lymphadenopathy with/without associated mass or malignant calcifications
- US
- Marked skin thickening
- Parenchymal acoustic shadowing
- Hypoechogenic areas that did not demonstrate a mass configuration are localized close to the skin
- MR
- Dilatation of subcutaneous lymphatic vessels, edematous change of breast and chest wall
- Optimal for evaluation of neoadjuvant therapy
![inflammatory breast cancer](https://q-radiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image-157.png)
note that markedly increased size of right breast with edematous change in breast and chest wall.
The patient’s mamography was not obtained due to severe pain
![](https://q-radiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image-158-1024x489.png)
USG : Diffuse skin thickening , increased subcutaneous fat echogenicity and fluid sheet along Cooper’s ligament