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Aussie Girl · 02-03-2014, 04:21 AM

Dear Shobha,

I'm a pathologist and I see this kind of skin reaction every day under my microscope. IT IS NOT CANCER!

About 50% of the time no specific cause is found, but it can be due to a drug, or food, insect bite, a cream applied to the skin, laundry powder etc. Occasionally a fungal infection is the cause, but that would have probably shown on the biopsy, if no anti-fungal cream had been used prior to the biopsy. Some people just have a tendency to rashes (eczema).

Mostly the treatment is corticosteroid cream which an oral antihistamine if particularly itchy.

Hope it clears up soon.

Aussie Girl

02-03-2014, 04:21 AM	#6
Aussie Girl Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 260	Re: worried: bumps on scar line - biopsy indicates allergy Dear Shobha, I'm a pathologist and I see this kind of skin reaction every day under my microscope. IT IS NOT CANCER! About 50% of the time no specific cause is found, but it can be due to a drug, or food, insect bite, a cream applied to the skin, laundry powder etc. Occasionally a fungal infection is the cause, but that would have probably shown on the biopsy, if no anti-fungal cream had been used prior to the biopsy. Some people just have a tendency to rashes (eczema). Mostly the treatment is corticosteroid cream which an oral antihistamine if particularly itchy. Hope it clears up soon. Aussie Girl __________________ 31mm Infiltrating duct carcinoma Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+, Neg Sentinel nodes x 5 49mm field of DCIS 17 June '13: Screen detected impalpable mass, Mammogram neg, US. 25 June '13: Diagnosed after multiple biopsies and MRIs 28 June '13: Left lumpectomey 4 July '13: Left Mastectomy 12 August '13: Commenced TCH chemo Mid December '13 : TCH finished. Herceptin continuing three weekly. 4 August 2014- Herceptin infusions finished. END OF THERAPY - YAY!