Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia (Dec 2018)

Cutaneous metastasis of colorectal cancer

  • Maraya de Jesus Semblano Bittencourt,
  • Andréa Albernaz Imbiriba,
  • Othelo Amaral Oliveira,
  • Josie Eiras Bisi dos Santos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20187610
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 93, no. 6
pp. 884 – 886

Abstract

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Abstract: Cutaneous metastases from internal malignant neoplasms are a rare event and a late clinical finding that is associated with disseminated disease and a poor prognosis. Skin metastases from colon tumors occur in only 4% of cases of metastatic colorectal cancer. They are most often located on the abdominal skin. We report a case of 54-year-old male patient with a cutaneous metastatic focus on the lower abdomen as the initial presenting symptom of an underlying colon cancer.

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