Abstract

Deysi Viviana Tenazoa Wong, Carlos Frederico Santana Reinaldo, Cláudio Cortez dos Santos, Carlos Gustavo Hirth, Marcos Venício Alves Lima*

ABSTRACT

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is one of the most common autoimmune disorders, with clinical manifestations ranging from dermal-epidermal layer involvement to systemic disease. Lupus mastitis is a rare clinical presentation of SLE detectable on clinical examination but poorly characterized on mammography. We describe a female patient from a Brazilian oncology referral center diagnosed with breast panniculitis and SLE-related breast node enlargement mimicking inflammatory breast carcinoma.