2019
DOI: 10.1111/cup.13582
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Metastatic pancreatic adenosquamous carcinoma to the scalp: A case report and review of the literature

Abstract: Metastatic carcinoma to the skin occurs in only a minority of patients with a visceral or internal malignancy, with breast, lung, and colorectum accounting for the majority of cases. We present the case of a 66-year-old man with a recent violaceous nodule of the left scalp (1.2 × 1.0 × 0.2 cm) that was a metastatic pancreatic adenosquamous carcinoma, representing a seemingly rare event. Two months prior, after complaining of right hip pain, an image revealed a right femoral lesion. A biopsy of that lesion show… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
1

Citation Types

0
1
0

Year Published

2020
2020
2024
2024

Publication Types

Select...
3

Relationship

0
3

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 3 publications
(1 citation statement)
references
References 25 publications
0
1
0
Order By: Relevance
“…In the literature, there are multiple cases of STs due to metastatic tumours from other organs (Table 1), including pancreatic adenosquamous carcinoma, pulmonary or colorectal adenocarcinomas, papillary thyroid carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma 67,69‐75 . Melanoma metastases may occur and at dermoscopy reveal blue naevus‐like (Fig.…”
Section: Metastasesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the literature, there are multiple cases of STs due to metastatic tumours from other organs (Table 1), including pancreatic adenosquamous carcinoma, pulmonary or colorectal adenocarcinomas, papillary thyroid carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma 67,69‐75 . Melanoma metastases may occur and at dermoscopy reveal blue naevus‐like (Fig.…”
Section: Metastasesmentioning
confidence: 99%