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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2795-5001</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Portuguese Journal of Dermatology and Venereology]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Port J Dermatol Venereol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2795-5001</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Permanyer Publications]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2795-50012025000300194</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/pjdv.24000105</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The diagnostic perplexity of zosteriform cutaneous metastasis in breast carcinoma]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[A perplexidade diagnóstica da metástase cutânea zosteriforme no carcinoma de mama]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Awal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guneet]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bains]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pooja]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kaur]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Navleen]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Venereology and Leprosy Department of Dermatology]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Amritsar Punjab]]></addr-line>
<country>India</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>83</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>194</fpage>
<lpage>198</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2795-50012025000300194&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2795-50012025000300194&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2795-50012025000300194&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The word &#8220;zosteriform&#8221; refers to the dermatomal distribution of lesions which can be present in continuous or interrupted bands of one, two, or more contiguous dermatomes unilaterally. Though the dermatomal involvement is highly characteristic of herpes zoster, all lesions presenting in a dermatomal fashion are not herpetic. Differentials such as zosteriform cutaneous metastasis should be considered especially if a patient has an underlying malignancy. Here we report two such rare cases of zosteriform cutaneous metastasis due to underlying breast carcinoma where the patients were being treated on grounds of herpes zoster due to similarities between both these diseases, but the final diagnosis was inconsistent with that.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo A palavra &#8220;zosteriforme&#8221; refere-se à distribuição dermatomal das lesões que podem estar presentes em áreas contínuas ou interrompidas de um, dois ou mais dermátomos contíguos unilateralmente. Embora o envolvimento dermatomal seja característico do herpes zoster, nem todas as lesões que se apresentam de forma dermatomal são herpéticas. Diagnósticos diferenciais como metástase cutânea zosteriforme devem ser considerados, especialmente, se o paciente tiver uma doença maligna subjacente. Relatamos dois casos raros de metástase cutânea zosteriforme devido a carcinoma de mama subjacente, em que os pacientes foram tratados como herpes zoster devido a semelhanças entre ambas as doenças.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Zosteriform cutaneous metastasis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Herpes zoster]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Breast carcinoma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[O diagnóstico final]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[No entanto]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Foi de metastização cutânea]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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