Can there be skin thick w/OUT IBC?

helenann2k

Hi & thanks to all for the enormous amount of info. I have already read by lurking on the site. My closest friend is in the middle of being diagnosed. She had biopsy and it is IDC triple negative. BUT, her breast is red, swollen, hot, and painful. Dr. did MRI and said skin was thickened and "involved" and breast was riddled with cancer "tentacles." To us, it sounds like IBC, but the biopsy said IDC. She just did a skin biopsy today, waiting for results. Can you help us figure out if there are two different types of cancer at work here, or one leading to the other? Thanks--Helen