Open AccessCutaneous metastases presenting as genital ulcer disease
Author(s) -
S Vasuki,
J Durgalakshmi,
J Latha
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1998-3816
pISSN - 0253-7184
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7184.132422
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , cervix , asymptomatic , metastasis , sex organ , dermatology , basal cell , presentation (obstetrics) , disease , pathology , cancer , radiology , biology , genetics
Cutaneous metastasis from an internal organ malignancy is rare and as, the presenting sign of malignancy is an uncommon phenomenon. Their presence, signals a poor prognosis. We report a case of 50-year-old female who was referred to sexually transmitted diseases - out patient department, with complaints of multiple genital ulcers to rule out sexually transmitted infections. After thorough evaluation, she was found to be a case of carcinoma cervix with metastatic squamous cell carcinomatous deposits on external genitalia. This case was unique because of relatively asymptomatic nature of internal malignancy and atypical presentation of carcinoma cervix as cutaneous metastasis.