Cutaneous metastasis from gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma of unknown primary origin

Cutaneous metastasis is a rare manifestation of visceral malignancies that indicates primarily advanced disease. Due to its low incidence and similarity to other cutaneous lesions, it is not uncommon to have a delayed diagnosis and a shortened prognosis. We describe the case of a patient who present...

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Autores principales: Junqueira, Ana Lucia Ariano, Corbett, Ana Maria França, de Oliveira Filho, Jayme, Nasser, Kassila da Rosa, Haddad, Natalie Nejem, Tebet, Ana Carolina Franco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4560548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26375228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153175
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author Junqueira, Ana Lucia Ariano
Corbett, Ana Maria França
de Oliveira Filho, Jayme
Nasser, Kassila da Rosa
Haddad, Natalie Nejem
Tebet, Ana Carolina Franco
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Corbett, Ana Maria França
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description Cutaneous metastasis is a rare manifestation of visceral malignancies that indicates primarily advanced disease. Due to its low incidence and similarity to other cutaneous lesions, it is not uncommon to have a delayed diagnosis and a shortened prognosis. We describe the case of a patient who presented with a cutaneous nodule in the sternal region as a first sign of malignancy.
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spelling pubmed-45605482015-09-09 Cutaneous metastasis from gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma of unknown primary origin Junqueira, Ana Lucia Ariano Corbett, Ana Maria França de Oliveira Filho, Jayme Nasser, Kassila da Rosa Haddad, Natalie Nejem Tebet, Ana Carolina Franco An Bras Dermatol Case Report Cutaneous metastasis is a rare manifestation of visceral malignancies that indicates primarily advanced disease. Due to its low incidence and similarity to other cutaneous lesions, it is not uncommon to have a delayed diagnosis and a shortened prognosis. We describe the case of a patient who presented with a cutaneous nodule in the sternal region as a first sign of malignancy. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4560548/ /pubmed/26375228 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153175 Text en © 2015 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tebet, Ana Carolina Franco
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title Cutaneous metastasis from gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma of unknown primary origin
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title_short Cutaneous metastasis from gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma of unknown primary origin
title_sort cutaneous metastasis from gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma of unknown primary origin
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4560548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26375228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153175
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