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Infectious Penile Lesions
They all look alike, don't they? Test your diagnostic skills by identifying the type of infectious penile lesion in each of these four cases.
2. A 60-year-old African-American woman presents with painful swelling of two years’ duration. She delayed care due to lack of insurance. The patient is hypertensive, and her left breast and nipple are retracted, with darkened skin and a peau d’orange texture.
Diagnosis: Palpation of the firm, matted nodes in the left axilla elucidated the diagnosis of breast cancer with lymphedema. Lymphedema causes the skin of the breast to resemble that of an orange.
The patient was referred to the local university’s breast center. Although the prognosis was poor, it was important to make every effort to have the disease staged to determine the most appropriate therapy.
Photos and text for Photo Rounds Friday courtesy of Richard P. Usatine, MD. This case was adapted from: Mayeaux, EJ. Breast cancer. In: Usatine R, Smith M, Mayeaux EJ, et al, eds. Color Atlas of Family Medicine. 2nd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2013:551-556.
For more information, see “Swollen breast and arm.” The Journal of Family Practice. February 6, 2015.