Clinically occult cutaneous metastases

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2006 Dec;55(6):1044-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.05.011.

Abstract

Cutaneous metastases present themselves in a variety of clinical patterns and tend to be manifested as indurated papules/nodules/tumors. Some of those clinical expressions are unique for certain types of metastases. This report describes an entirely different phenomenon of clinically incognito cutaneous metastases that were only apparent histopathologically as an incidental finding.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anastrozole
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy / adverse effects
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery
  • Capecitabine
  • Carcinoma / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma / pathology
  • Carcinoma / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Lobular / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Lobular / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Lobular / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Lobular / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Lobular / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / secondary*
  • Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives
  • Deoxycytidine / therapeutic use
  • Estradiol / administration & dosage
  • Estradiol / analogs & derivatives
  • Facial Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Facial Neoplasms / pathology
  • Facial Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Facial Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil / analogs & derivatives
  • Fulvestrant
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Letrozole
  • Mastectomy, Radical
  • Megestrol Acetate / administration & dosage
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Melanoma / surgery
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
  • Nitriles / administration & dosage
  • Nitriles / therapeutic use
  • Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators / therapeutic use
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Skin Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tamoxifen / administration & dosage
  • Tamoxifen / therapeutic use
  • Triazoles / administration & dosage
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use
  • Wound Healing

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
  • Nitriles
  • Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators
  • Triazoles
  • Tamoxifen
  • Deoxycytidine
  • Fulvestrant
  • Anastrozole
  • Estradiol
  • Capecitabine
  • Letrozole
  • Megestrol Acetate
  • Fluorouracil