Charfeddine A, Tahri N, Ben Ali H, Njeh M, Boudawara T, Bouassida S, Krichen MS. [Cutaneous metastases revealing gastric linitis].
Ann Dermatol Venereol 2001;
128:141-3. [PMID:
11275592]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Cutaneous metastases from gastric carcinoma are uncommon and are exceptionally the first sign of disease.
CASE REPORT
A 33-year-old man presented with nodular lesions that had developed three months earlier on the trunk, scalp and limbs. A skin biopsy suggested a metastatic origin. The upper digestive fibroscopy with biopsy demonstrated gastric linitis. Due to the presence of bone metastasis, treatment was not initiated, the patient died four months later.
DISCUSSION
Metastatic dissemination of gastric carcinoma to the skin usually occurs in advanced stage disease. Generally, the skin lesions are painless hard nodules on the anterior abdominal wall. Our patient developed unusual inaugural skin metastases with an exceptional localization.
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