Cutaneous metastasis resembling acute dermatitis in patient with advanced gastric cancer

Summary The most common metastatic sites from gastric cancer are the liver, intra‐abdominal lymph nodes, ovary and peritoneal cavity. Cutaneous metastasis of gastric cancer is rare, and most cutaneous metastases are typically solitary, nodular, have a firm consistency, and are red or hyperpigmented....

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical and experimental dermatology 2007-05, Vol.32 (3), p.284-286
Hauptverfasser: Koo, D. H., Chang, H. M., Jung, J. Y., Song, J. H., Lee, J. L., Ryu, M. H., Kim, T. W., Yook, J. H., Song, J. S., Lee, J. S., Kang, Y. K.
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Zusammenfassung:Summary The most common metastatic sites from gastric cancer are the liver, intra‐abdominal lymph nodes, ovary and peritoneal cavity. Cutaneous metastasis of gastric cancer is rare, and most cutaneous metastases are typically solitary, nodular, have a firm consistency, and are red or hyperpigmented. Thus, cutaneous metastasis is easily distinguished from other skin disease. We report a case of a 60‐year‐old woman with cutaneous metastasis of gastric cancer, whose facial skin showed painless pruritic eczema, resembling acute dermatitis. She had earlier undergone a total gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer in our hospital. After 14 months, she developed eczematous facial lesions; the presumptive diagnosis was acute dermatitis. However, skin biopsy unexpectedly revealed cutaneous metastasis of gastric cancer. After 6 months of systemic chemotherapy with capecitabine and cisplatin, the cutaneous metastasis was markedly improved and a clinically complete remission was accomplished.
ISSN:0307-6938
1365-2230
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02361.x