Metastatic Skin Carcinoma.
- VernacularTitle:転移性皮膚癌９例
- Author:
Hidetsugu SATO
;
Seigo HIGASHI
;
Jun YAMAGUCHI
;
Kazumi TSUJINO
;
Shuichi INABA
;
Takashi YOSHIKAWA
;
Tsuguo TERAI
;
Yoshiaki SEKISHITA
;
Masaru FUJIMORI
;
Tsuneo SHIONO
;
Shinjuro KUROSHIMA
;
Norihiko TSUMURA
;
Isao KAWAGUCHI
;
Takeshi NISHIOKA
;
Hiroki SHIRATO
;
Kazuaki TAKAHASHI
;
Shigeo SAKASHITA
;
Masanobu KUMAKIRI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 1994;43(4):964-968
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: We reported nine cases of metastatic skin carcinoma experienced at the Department of Dermatology, Obihiro Kosei Hospital during the period from April 1991 to March 1993. Lung was the most common primary lesion (four out of nine cases), followed by uterus (two) and stomach, breast, and kidney (one each). The clinical features of the metastases were classified into nodular (five cases), inflammatory (one case) and sclerotic (three cases) types. Peculiar zoster-like inflammation was seen in metastatic gastric cancer. Pathologically, adenocarcinoma was more common than squamous cell carcinoma. The average interval between the diagnosis of the primary cancers and the development of the skin metastases was about 30±25 months. The average life span after the detection of the skin metastases was 6.8±5.6 months. Poor prognosis of skin metastasis was thus reconfirmed.