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Breast Cancer (Expert Forum)
Should I be concerned?
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Doctor's Answer
by CCF-RN,MSN-JS, Nov 12, 2001 12:00AM
Dear Jean, It's difficult to say what this might be without further evaluation. As this has been of concern to you now for 4 weeks and has not gotten better, you may want to have your doctor take a look at it and make an assessment.
If you're asking is this a symptom of breast cancer, scaling of the nipple can be a symptom of Paget's disease, a form of localized nipple cancer. This is a very rare disease.
If you're asking is this a symptom of breast cancer, scaling of the nipple can be a symptom of Paget's disease, a form of localized nipple cancer. This is a very rare disease.
I'm in the process of finding a new gyno and once I do, I'm going to have it looked at. I have a skin condition in my ear so I'm thinking the two are related.
At one point, I was convinced I had Paget's Disease or some other form of breast cancer.