A case of extramammary Paget's disease of the right axilla

Abstract

Here, we report a rare case of extramammary Paget's disease of the axilla. An 80-year-old man had noticed an erythematous lesion on his right axilla a few weeks before visiting our hospital on August 30, 2007 with complaint of the lesion. Physical examination revealed an unclearly demarcated eggsized erythema without infiltration on his right axilla. The erythematous lesion was biopsied and diagnosed histopathologically as extramammary Paget's disease. An erythematous lesion was also seen in his genital area, but no tumor cells were found on biopsy specimens. No erythematous lesion was seen on his left axilla. He underwent surgical excision of the erythematous lesion on his right axilla and no metastatic lesion was found. [Skin Cancer (Japan)2008; 23: 371-374]