Clinically occult cutaneous metastases

Resnik, Kenneth S.; DiLeonardo, Mario; Gibbons, George

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2006.05.011

Cited by 18 publications

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“…There may be also the very unusual occurrence of cutaneous metastases that have no clinically detectable morphological features but manifest only as incidental findings upon histopathological examination (47).…”

Section: Clinical Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cutaneous manifestations of breast carcinoma

Giorgi¹,

Grazzini²,

Alfaioli³

et al. 2010

Dermatologic Therapy

103

152

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The incidence of breast carcinoma cutaneous manifestation in patients with breast carcinoma is 23.9%. The most common sites of breast carcinoma cutaneous manifestation are the chest wall and abdomen, but they can occur at the extremities and in the head/neck region. Due the high incidence of breast carcinoma, these cutaneous manifestations are the most common metastases seen by dermatologists. In clinical practice, cutaneous metastases show a wide range of clinical manifestations. Nodules are the most common presentation, but several other patterns are described below.

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Section: Clinical Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cutaneous manifestations of breast carcinoma

Giorgi¹,

Grazzini²,

Alfaioli³

et al. 2010

Dermatologic Therapy

103

152

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“…32 The possibility of malignant wounds arising as a result of tumour cells being implanted iatrogenically during surgical procedures such as mastectomy also has been discussed. 8,[33][34][35] Three studies reported on the development of skin metastases in scars from previous tumour excisions or other invasive procedures. 23,36,37 As cancer treatments improve survival rates, one complication might be an increased incidence of cutaneous malignancies arising from radiotherapy treatment for previous malignancies.…”

Section: Aetiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Malignant fungating wounds: epidemiology, aetiology, presentation and assessment

Alexander

2009

J Wound Care

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“…To our knowledge, this is the first report of occult cutaneous metastasis from gastric carcinoma. Apart from gastric carcinoma, occult cutaneous méta-stases from breast carcinomas have also been reported (8). That report was of 2 cases only, and the métastases were also incidentally discovered in excisional specimens for unrelated cutaneous malignancies.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…Both of the cases had a surgical procedure at the metastatic site, that is, shave biopsy and marginal excision prior to wide excision, whereas our patient had no surgical procedure prior to surgery for BCC. The authors assumed that the initial surgical procedure may have resulted in the destruction of the integrify of the local vasculature and provided circulating neoplastic cells with access to the tissue, which was followed by proliferation ofthe tumour cells interstitially (8). Similarly, metastasis to scars after a surgical or diagnostic procedure is a well-recognized phenomenon.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%