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‖ peau d'orange Med.|po dɔrɑ̃ʒ| [Fr., = ‘orange-peel’.] A characteristic pitted appearance of the skin of the breast in some cases of breast cancer.
[1875Nouveau Dict. de Méd. et de Chirurgie Pratiques XXI. 569 La peau, au lieu d'être d'un blanc rosé, est..comparable, comme l'a si bien fait remarquer Nélaton, à la peau d'orange. 1882A. Nélaton Élements de Path. Chirurg. (ed. 2) V. xxi. 148 Quelquefois la peau de la mamelle, suivant la comparaison du Dr Mauduyt, ressemble à une peau d'orange.] 1898A. M. Sheild Clin. Treat. Dis. Breast ix. 346 The skin..has that coarse pitted aspect to which the terms ‘peau d'orange’ and ‘pigskin saddle’ appearance have been well applied. 1948C. English Dis. Breast xi. 75 In the early stages the growth is entirely unattached to the overlying skin, but later dimpling of the skin occurs, and a condition known as ‘peau d'orange’ follows. 1974R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery iv. 62 Invaded lymphatics are blocked causing overlying lymphoedema of the skin known as peau d'orange. |