ABSTRACT
A 73-year-old male was presented with a walnut-sized erosive plaque on the lower lip and several skin colored nodules on the neck, the left shoulder and the arm. The other case was a 74-year-old male who had been diagnosed as metastatic lung cancer of unknown origin was consulted for several ulcerative nodules on the face and the left lateral neck. Both patients were finally diagnosed as metastatic adenocarcinoma each from the lung and stomach by histopathologic finding and immunohistochemical studies.
Subject(s)
Aged , Humans , Male , Adenocarcinoma , Arm , Lip , Lung , Lung Neoplasms , Neck , Shoulder , Skin , Stomach , UlcerABSTRACT
A 65-year-old male patient presented multiple cutaneous nodules on trunk and an erythematous inflammatory lesion resembling erysipelas on left side of neck. Result of skin biopsies disclosed groups of metastatic adenocarcinoma cells in the dermis, subcutaneous tissue, and lumina of the lymphatic vessels. Histopathologic examination of the stomach, along with the gastroscope, established that the cutaneous metastasis was of stomach origin.