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TORRES AJA, Lidia; PUERTO LORENZO, José; GUERRA PEREZ, Emilio  y  CABALLERO AJA, Neylin. Clinical-epidemiological characterization of breast Paget’s disease. 37 year study. Medisur [online]. 2017, vol.15, n.2, pp. 277-281. ISSN 1727-897X.

Foundation: Breast Paget’s disease in is uncommon, representing only 1 to 1.5% of the total breast cancers reported. Some authors consider it a special form of breast cancer and others only an extension of an intraductal carcinoma that reaches the nipple.Objective: to characterize Breast Paget’s disease from the clinical-epidemiological point of view in operated patients.Methods: A descriptive study, case A descriptive study, case series type of patients (N = 27) with a diagnosis of Paget’s disease of the breast, operated at the Hospital Provincial de Cienfuegos, from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. For these patients, it was analyzed, sex, age, affected breast, clinical form, presence of underlying tumor, surgical technique applied and survival.Results: This disease represented only 1.08% of the cancers operated during the study period. It appeared more frequently in the age group of 61-70 years and the clinical form that predominated was ulcerative. The largest number of patients (44.0%) died before five years.Conclusion: In Cienfuegos Breast Paget’s disease has a low incidence, which coincides with the results of reviewed national and international studies.

Palabras clave : Carcinoma, intraductal; paget’s disease, mammary; breast neoplasms.

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