Clinical Case Reports (Sep 2019)

Cutaneous metastases of lung cancer

  • Yosuke Fukuda,
  • Hatsuko Mikuni,
  • Tetsuya Homma,
  • Hironori Sagara

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2331
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 9
pp. 1796 – 1797

Abstract

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Abstract Cutaneous metastases of lung cancer are rare. It was often painless and less likely to be noticed. Similar to SVC syndrome, cutaneous metastases may cause upper limb edema. We need to keep in mind that cutaneous metastases may account for the radiotherapy‐resistant upper limb edema.

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