Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Presenting as a Cutaneous Metastasis on the Finger

Ovarian carcinoma presenting as cutaneous nasal metastasis*

Metastatic ovarian cancer uncommonly presents with skin metastasis. When present, skin metastases of ovarian cancer are usually localized in the vicinity of the primary tumor. We report a case of a 58-year-old woman with a rapid growing erythematous, well-defined nodule localized on the left nasal ala. A skin biopsy was performed and histopathological and immunohistochemical findings were compa...

Isolated Cutaneous Metastasis to Forearm as a Presenting Feature of Colon Adenocarcinoma

Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Abdominal Wall Cellulitis

A 73-year-old woman ultimately proven to have perforated colorectal adenocarcinoma presented to the emergency department with cellulitis of the abdominal wall. This case illustrates the challenge of diagnosis and management of such patients. It demonstrates limitations of colonoscopy and the importance of computed tomography to diagnose and characterize the disease. The optimal strategy for per...

Cutaneous metastasis as the initial manifestation of lung adenocarcinoma.

We report the case of a 58-year-old male patient who was referred for oncology consultation due to an epigastric mass that had been growing rapidly for three months. Diagnostic investigation revealed that the mass was a metastasis of stage IV lung adenocarcinoma. The patient received five cycles of chemotherapy with cisplatin and gemcitabine as a first-line treatment, which was interrupted due ...

Jejunal adenocarcinoma with cutaneous metastasis.

Small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA) is a rare primary gastrointestinal malignancy. We present a 60-year old man who developed a cutaneous metastasis of jejunal adenocarcinoma to his neck. This case highlights the clinicopathologic and immunophenotypic features of this uncommon cutaneous metastasis.