A Case of Gastric Adenocarcinoma Appearing as Skin Metastasis.
- Author:
Sea Hyub KAE
1
;
Sang Aun JOO
;
Jin LEE
;
Sang Taek KWAK
;
Seung Sik KANG
;
Hyun Joo CHANG
;
Won Jong PARK
;
Jung Han KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Skin metastasis;
Stomach cancer
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
Adenocarcinoma*;
Adult;
Biopsy;
Female;
Humans;
Incidence;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Skin*;
Stomach;
Stomach Neoplasms;
Thorax
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1999;19(4):618-624
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The skin is an uncommon site of distant metastasis from any internal malignancy, and the incidence of metastatic skin lesions as the first symptom of disease is only 0.8% in patients with all systemic malignancies. Furthermore, cutaneous metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the stomach has been found to be extremely rare. A 35-year-old female patient was admitted due to multiple cutaneous nodules in her chest, abdomen, and back. A gastroendoscopic examination and biopsy was made according to the results of skin pathologic findings. Stomach and skin biopsy results revealed a signet ring cell type of adenocarcinoma. A case of gastric adenocarcinoma in which metastatic skin nodules appeared as the first sign of disease, is here in reported with a review of related literature.
