An Unusual Case of Carcinoma Erysipelatoides Originating from Gastric Adenocarcinoma.

Author: Won Jun CHOI ¹ ; Mihn Sook JUE ; Joo Yeon KO ; Young Suck RO
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1. Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. romio@hanyang.ac.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Carcinoma erysipelatoides; Stomach neoplasm; Signet ring cell carcinoma
MeSH: Adenocarcinoma; Breast; Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell; Female; Humans; Neoplasm Metastasis; Ovary; Stomach; Stomach Neoplasms
From:Annals of Dermatology 2011;23(3):375-378
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Carcinoma erysipelatoides, also known as inflammatory metastatic carcinoma, is a rare form of cutaneous metastasis. It is most commonly caused by breast carcinoma, but rarely associated with gastric adenocarcinoma. Herein, we report an unusual case of carcinoma erysipelatoides in a 55 year-old female who had been diagnosed with signet ring cell carcinoma of the stomach metastasizing to ovaries.