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peau d'orange

(poe dor-AHNJ)

This term means "orange skin" in French. It's when the skin of the breast looks like the skin of a navel orange: It gets swollen and the hair follicles look like lots of little dimples. This can be a sign of inflammatory breast cancer.

Read more about peau d'orange and other symptoms of inflammatory breast cancer.

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