Zosteriform metastases from colon carcinoma: an unusual pattern

Cutaneous metastases of internal malignancies occur infrequently and the zosteriform spread of the skin lesions represents a rare entity. We report here a case of cutaneous metastases from a colon carcinoma clinically mimicked Herpes varicella-zoster. The literature is also reviewed.

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Autores principales: Maio, Paula, Amaro, Cristina, Rodrigues, Ana, Milheiro, Adelaide, Cardoso, Jorge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25386319
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2012.e9
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author Maio, Paula
Amaro, Cristina
Rodrigues, Ana
Milheiro, Adelaide
Cardoso, Jorge
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description Cutaneous metastases of internal malignancies occur infrequently and the zosteriform spread of the skin lesions represents a rare entity. We report here a case of cutaneous metastases from a colon carcinoma clinically mimicked Herpes varicella-zoster. The literature is also reviewed.
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spelling pubmed-42126722014-11-10 Zosteriform metastases from colon carcinoma: an unusual pattern Maio, Paula Amaro, Cristina Rodrigues, Ana Milheiro, Adelaide Cardoso, Jorge Dermatol Reports Brief Report Cutaneous metastases of internal malignancies occur infrequently and the zosteriform spread of the skin lesions represents a rare entity. We report here a case of cutaneous metastases from a colon carcinoma clinically mimicked Herpes varicella-zoster. The literature is also reviewed. PAGEPress Publications 2012-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4212672/ /pubmed/25386319 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2012.e9 Text en ©Copyright P. Maio et al., 2012 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
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Zosteriform metastases from colon carcinoma: an unusual pattern
title Zosteriform metastases from colon carcinoma: an unusual pattern
title_full Zosteriform metastases from colon carcinoma: an unusual pattern
title_fullStr Zosteriform metastases from colon carcinoma: an unusual pattern
title_full_unstemmed Zosteriform metastases from colon carcinoma: an unusual pattern
title_short Zosteriform metastases from colon carcinoma: an unusual pattern
title_sort zosteriform metastases from colon carcinoma: an unusual pattern
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25386319
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2012.e9
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