Pilomatrix Carcinoma with Lung and Lymph Node.
- Author:
Ki Uk KIM
1
;
Min Ki LEE
;
Yun Seong KIM
;
Hye Kyung PARK
;
Chang Hoon LEE
;
Yeong Dae KIM
;
Yeon Ju JEONG
;
Soon Kew PARK
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Pilomatrix carcinoma; Multiple metastases; Chemotherapy
- MeSH: Abdomen; Biopsy; Cisplatin; Fluorouracil; Humans; Lung; Lymph Nodes; Lymphatic Diseases; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Metastasis; Pelvis; Skin; Thorax
- From:Journal of Lung Cancer 2008;7(2):90-92
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Metastases Pilomatrix carcinoma is a rare locally aggressive hair-follicle tumor. We report a 54-year-old man who presented with a tumor in the left flank that was found by skin biopsy to be pilomatrix carcinoma. A contrast-enhanced computed tomographic scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis showed multiple small nodules in both lungs and lymphadenopathy in the abdomen. Video-assisted thoracoscopic biopsy of the lung lesions was consistent with metastatic pilomatrix carcinoma. After intravenous cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil, the skin, lung, and lymph node lesions shrank
