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Inflammatory Breast Neoplasms

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Definition: Metastatic breast cancer characterized by EDEMA and ERYTHEMA of the affected breast due to LYMPHATIC METASTASIS and eventual obstruction of LYMPHATIC VESSELS by the cancer cells.  coordinate IM with histological type of neoplasm (IM)    Other names Neoplasms, Inflammatory Breast; Neoplasm, Inflammatory Breast; Inflammatory Breast Neoplasm; Inflammatory Breast Carcinomas; Inflammatory Breast Cancers; Carcinomas, Inflammatory Breast; Carcinoma, Inflammatory Breast; Cancers, Inflammatory Breast; Cancer, Inflammatory Breast; Breast Neoplasms, Inflammatory; Breast Neoplasm, Inflammatory; Breast Carcinomas, Inflammatory; Breast Carcinoma, Inflammatory; Breast Cancers, Inflammatory; Breast Cancer, Inflammatory; Inflammatory Breast Carcinoma; Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC); Inflammatory Breast Cancer

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