dermatologic disorders
Paget Disease of the Breast
Treatment of Paget Disease of the Breast
Treatment of underlying tumor Excision of the nipple-areolar complex Treatment of Paget disease of the breast involves appropriate Treatment for discovered underlying tumors and includes wide excision of the nipple-areolar complex. If no underlying breast cancer is found, either mastectomy or nipple-areolar complex resection followed by radiation treatment may be used. Treatment of extramammary Paget disease may also involve ablation of overlying cutaneous involvement by using topical therapies (eg, topical 5-fluorouracil,imiquimod, photodynamic therapy), radiation therapy, surgery, or CO2 laser ablation. A thorough evaluation to rule out an internal cancer should be done. 