Paget's disease of the breast differential diagnosis

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Paget's disease of the breast must be differentiated from atopic dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, malignant melanoma, Bowen's disease, basal cell carcinoma, and pagetoid dyskeratosis.

Paget’s disease of the breast must be differentiated from other benign and malignant processes of nipple-areola complex such as:^[1]^[2]

↑ Gaspari, Eleonora; Ricci, Aurora; Liberto, Valeria; Scarano, Angela Lia; Fornari, Maria; Simonetti, Giovanni (2013). "An Unusual Case of Mammary Paget's Disease Diagnosed Using Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI". Case Reports in Radiology. 2013: 1–5. doi:10.1155/2013/206235. ISSN 2090-6862.
↑ Lopes Filho, Lauro Lourival; Lopes, Ione Maria Ribeiro Soares; Lopes, Lauro Rodolpho Soares; Enokihara, Milvia M. S. S.; Michalany, Alexandre Osores; Matsunaga, Nobuo (2015). "Mammary and extramammary Paget's disease". Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia. 90 (2): 225–231. doi:10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153189. ISSN 1806-4841.