Open AccessScalp lesion: A presenting feature of squamous cell carcinoma of lung
Author(s) -
Prem Parkash Gupta,
Kamesh Gupta,
Jogender Gulia,
Dipti Agarwal,
Dinesh Mehta
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.73364
Subject(s) - medicine , scalp , pathology , lung , lung cancer , chest radiograph , biopsy , lesion , carcinoma , bronchoscopy , squamous cell carcinoma of the lung , radiology , mediastinum , metastasis , large cell , cancer , adenocarcinoma , anatomy
We describe a 45-year-old man, heavy smoker, presenting with 6.5 x 5.3 cm painless solitary growth over right temporal region. Chest radiograph showed opacity over left lung abutting mediastinum. Computed tomogram revealed homogenous ill-defined opacity indicative of bronchogenic carcinoma with metastases to right lung, liver and adrenal glands. The carina was involved with tumor along with partial obliteration of the left main bronchus over bronchoscopy; the biopsy confirmed squamous cell carcinoma. The biopsy from scalp lesion and cervical lymph node also established metastatic squamous cell carcinoma. Although cutaneous metastasis with primary lung cancer has been reported, the scalp lesion as a sole presenting feature of underlying quiescent squamous cell lung cancer, which is described here, has not been reported frequently.