Facial skin metastasis due to small-cell lung cancer: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Cutaneous metastases in the facial region occur in less than 0.5% of patients with metastatic cancer. They are an important finding and are not often the first sign leading to diagnosis. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the case of a 64-year-old male patient who presented with dyspnea, p...

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Autores principales: Barbetakis, Nikolaos, Samanidis, Georgios, Paliouras, Dimitrios, Samanidou, Elpida, Tzimorota, Zoi, Asteriou, Christos, Xirou, Persefoni, Tsilikas, Christodoulos
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19178730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-32
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Cutaneous metastases in the facial region occur in less than 0.5% of patients with metastatic cancer. They are an important finding and are not often the first sign leading to diagnosis. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the case of a 64-year-old male patient who presented with dyspnea, pleuritic pain, loss of weight and a nodule on his left cheek. A chest X-ray revealed a left upper lobe mass with mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Excision biopsy of the facial nodule revealed small-cell lung carcinoma. Palliative chemo-radiotherapy was administered and the patient survived for 12 months. CONCLUSION: A high index of suspicion is necessary for the early detection of facial cutaneous metastases. Appropriate treatment may prolong patient survival.

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