Naslov
Our Experience with Metastatic Carcinomas of the Skin: an Eleven-Year Retrospective Study

Autori
Pašić, Aida ; Lipozenčić, Jasna ; Čeović, Romana ; Radoš, Jaka ; Ledić Drvar Daniela

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Journal of Investigative Dermatology / Goldsmith, Lowell A. - Chapell Hill : Nature publishing group, 2006, S42-42

Skup
3^rd Meeting of the European Association of Dermato-Oncology

Mjesto i datum
Rim, Italija, 23.06.2006. - 25.06.2006

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
metastatic carcinomas of the skin; tumour; primary cancer

Sažetak
Cutaneous metastasis may represent the first sign of tumor spread from its primary organ, or the first sign of a cured tumor recurrence. According to recent literature, between 3% and 10% of cancer patients have cutaneous metastases. We report on 22 patients with histologically verified diagnosis of metastatic skin disease recorded at our Department during an 11-year period (1994-2004). There were five men and 17 women, age range 46-84 in men and 42-88 in women. In men, the primary tumor site was lung in 2 cases, whereas in the remaining three cases primary tumor was unknown at the time of histologic diagnosis. In women, breast cancer was by far the most common cause of skin metastases (n=12), in three cases the primary site was unknown, whereas malignant melanoma and primary gynecologic tumor were found in one case each. As for clinical manifestations, metstases of lung cancer appeared as noduli located on the abdomen, back and extremities. Metastases of breast cancer appeared as carcinoma en cuirasse, carcinoma erysipelatodes, cicatricial alopecia and different types of nodule and papules. It is of great importance to diagnose metastatic cutaneous carcinomas as early as possible in order to provide for appropriate treatment of primary cancer, which is very often modified when skin metastases are found.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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