A Case of Signet-ring Cell Gastric Carcinoma of which the First Symptom was Skin Lesions.
- Author:
Bo Joong KIM
1
;
Eun Kyung JEON
;
Young June SEO
;
Jeung Hoon LEE
;
Jang Kyu PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejon, Korea. joon@cnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cutaneous metastasis;
Signet-ring cell gastric carcinoma
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma;
Adult;
Biopsy;
Diagnosis;
Female;
Humans;
Incidence;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Scalp;
Skin*;
Stomach
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2006;44(12):1426-1429
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Cutaneous metastases of internal malignancies are rare and the incidence of metastatic skin lesions as the first symptom of disease is only 0.8% in patients of all malignancies. Furthermore, cutaneous metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the stomach has been found to be exceedingly rare. A 39-year-old woman presented with multiple, asymptomatic, erythematous nodules on her scalp and back. A biopsy taken from the nodule showed a signet ring cell type of adenocarcinoma. A gastroendoscopic examination and biopsy was done and showed the same histologic findings. The diagnosis of cutaneous metastasis of signet-ring cell gastric carcinoma was made. It is clinically worth reporting that the first symptom was skin lesions of the scalp and back.
