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Localized limb cutaneous metastases
Author(s) -
Helm Klaus F.,
Billingsley Elizabeth Y.,
Zangwill Bruce C.,
Schwartz Robert A.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1096-9098(199804)67:4<261::aid-jso10>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology
Abstract Cutaneous metastatic disease may be evident in a variety of forms and locations. Anatomically, it may on occasion be confined as localized limb metastases. We report on two patients with localized limb metastases, one from melanoma and the other from Merkel cell carcinoma. Patients with localized limb metastasis have a poor prognosis; however, treatment options not available for generalized cutaneous metastatic disease, such as amputation or isolated limb perfusion with chemotherapeutic agents, can be at times be beneficially employed. J. Surg. Oncol. 1998;67:261–264. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.