Open AccessCutaneous metastasis from signet-ring gastric adenocarcinoma in a carcinoma en cuirasse pattern: An unusual clinical-diagnostic sequence
Author(s) -
Sarabjit Kaur,
Parul Aggarwal,
Surabhi Dayal,
Ankita Sangwan,
Vijay Kumar Jain,
Nidhi Jindal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.169162
Subject(s) - medicine , signet ring cell carcinoma , malignancy , signet ring cell , adenocarcinoma , differential diagnosis , pathology , immunohistochemistry , gastric carcinoma , biopsy , metastasis , gastric adenocarcinoma , cancer , carcinoma
Cutaneous metastasis (CM) of gastric adenocarcinoma (ADC) is rare and usually presents late in the course of the disease. We report a rare case of carcinoma en cuirasse (CEC) pattern of CM secondary to gastric malignancy in a 55-year-old male patient-the interesting part being that CM was the first-presenting sign, which on further histopathological and immunohistochemical evaluation led to the diagnosis of hidden gastric carcinoma. The finding of signet ring cells (SRCs) on cutaneous biopsy further added a differential of the rare possibility of primary cutaneous tumors