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Gastric adenocarcinoma metastatic to the skin: a report
Author(s) -
CHARALAMBOUS C.,
ZIPITIS C.S.,
MIDWINTER M.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
european journal of cancer care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1365-2354
pISSN - 0961-5423
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2354.2002.00309.x
Subject(s) - medicine , adenocarcinoma , presentation (obstetrics) , gastric adenocarcinoma , metastatic adenocarcinoma , lung , biopsy , metastasis , radiology , pathology , cancer , general surgery
Metastases to the skin from internal tumours are uncommon, yet they may be the first presentation of such malignancies. They usually arise from the breast, lung and large bowel. Skin metastases from gastric adenocarcinoma are extremely rare. We report a case of a patient with gastric adenocarcinoma who at presentation had multiple, clinically benign‐looking skin nodules. Biopsy of these revealed metastatic deposits.