Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma presenting as cellulitis

Br J Plast Surg. 1991 Nov-Dec;44(8):622-3. doi: 10.1016/0007-1226(91)90104-r.

Abstract

A metachronous skeletal muscle secondary from a primary squamous cell carcinoma on the back of the hand manifested as an area of cellulitis of the forearm. Such clinical behaviour does not appear to have been previously described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
  • Cellulitis / etiology*
  • Forearm*
  • Hand
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery