A Case of Cutaneous Metastasis from Carcinoma of the Hypopharynx.
- Author:
Chang Duk KIM
1
;
Jee Ook KIM
;
Byung Chun KIM
;
Kyu Suk LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Keimyung University School of Medicine Taegu, Korea. kmderma@dsmc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cutaneous metastasis;
Hypopharynx
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell;
Diagnosis;
Drug Therapy;
Fluorouracil;
Head;
Humans;
Hypopharynx*;
Lung;
Middle Aged;
Neck;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Radiotherapy;
Shoulder;
Skin;
Telangiectasis
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2001;39(11):1315-1317
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Distant metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck occur at many sites, most commonly lung and bone. Metastases to the skin are unusual, and account for fewer than 10% of all distant metastatic lesions. A 61-year-old man developed cutaneous metastasis two years later after the diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx had been made. He was presented with asymptomatic multiple erythematous hard nodules with telangiectasia on the right shoulder. This lesion was diagnosed histologically as poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. The skin metastases improved with radiotherapy and palliative chemotherapy, including cisplantin, 5-fluorouracil.
