Open AccessSubungual Metastasis of an Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate in a Finger
Author(s) -
Ramón Adrián García-Galaviz,
Judith DomínguezCherit,
Claudia Haydeé Saraí Caro-Sánchez,
Elizabeth Salazar-Rojas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
skin appendage disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2296-9195
pISSN - 2296-9160
DOI - 10.1159/000489279
Subject(s) - medicine , metastasis , genitourinary system , adenocarcinoma , prostate cancer , prostate , lung , prostate adenocarcinoma , cancer , pathology , oncology
Cutaneous metastasis is a rare event occurring most frequently in patients previously diagnosed with cancer. However, subungual metastases are even less frequent. The most common neoplasms associated with the latter are lung, kidney, and breast neoplasms. Lung cancer is the main cause of subungual metastases in the fingers, and genitourinary tract tumors are the main cause of subungual metastases in the toes. This is the first case report of an adenocarcinoma of the prostate with subungual metastasis.