Open AccessCutaneous and Subcutaneous Metastases of Adenocarcinoma as a Dominant Clinical Manifestation of Malignancy of Unknown Origin – a Case Report
Author(s) -
Vladimı́r Bartoš,
Kamila Hamarová
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
klinická onkologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1802-5307
pISSN - 0862-495X
DOI - 10.14735/amko2018143
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , pathology , adenocarcinoma , metastasis , cancer , carcinoembryonic antigen
Cutaneous metastases occur in 0.6-10.4% of all patients with underlying malignancy. Among them, the site of origin remains unknown in 4.4-14.5% of all cases.