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Zosteriform cutaneous metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of the stump of an amputated arm
Author(s) -
L Cuq-Viguier,
R. Viraben
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1998.00336.x
Subject(s) - medicine , basal cell , perineural invasion , dermatology , pathogenesis , perineurium , pathology , lymphatic system , cancer , anatomy , peripheral nerve
The clinical appearance of skin metastases varies over a wide morphologic spectrum, cutaneous metastases mimicking herpes zoster being rare. We now report the case of an 83‐year‐old male with zosteriform cutaneous metastases secondary to a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) which developed in the stump of an amputated arm. The pathogenesis is speculative, but in this case, the zosteriform distribution might well be explained by perineural lymphatic invasion and spread.