Acral Metastasis in a Patient with Ampullary Carcinoma
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
; : 55-58, 2007.
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ABSTRACT
Although skin metastasis from a malignant tumor of an internal organ usually occurs at an advanced disease stage, there has been no prior report of a cutaneous acral metastasis from ampullary carcinoma to date. We report a 71-year old male patient with cutaneous metastasis from an ampullary adenocarcinoma. The patient had a history of pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy for carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater two years prior to presentation. Physical examination revealed ill-defined, painful and hard erythematous nodules at the left thumb and distal phalanx of the right middle finger. The computed tomography scan showed low density masses in the retroperitoneum; the histological examination of a nodule from the right middle finger showed a metastatic adenocarcinoma. This case illustrates that cutaneous metastasis from ampullary carcinoma has a poor prognosis.
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Pronóstico
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Neoplasias Cutáneas
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Ampolla Hepatopancreática
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Adenocarcinoma
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Resultado Fatal
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Neoplasias del Conducto Colédoco
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
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2007
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Article