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A Peculiar Form of Epidermotropism in Cutaneous Metastatic Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Oku Tomozo,
Nakayama Fukiko,
Takigawa Masahiro
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1990.tb01611.x
Subject(s) - scalp , pathology , epidermis (zoology) , carcinoma , medicine , metastatic carcinoma , dermatology , anatomy
A 71‐year‐old man developed metastatic cutaneous nodules of colon carcinoma on the scalp and chest wall. Histopathological findings revealed aggressive invasion of the tumor cells into the overlying epidermis (epidermotropic carcinoma); they occasionally adhered to the epidermal cells. These morphological features have not been described in cutaneous metastases from internal carcinomas.