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Cutaneous metastasis of unknown primary presenting as massive and invasive abdominal lesion: an elective approach

We describe herein what is to our knowledge the first reported case of an invasive cutaneous metastasis with unknown primary, electively treated solely with electrochemotherapy. We describe a female patient with a large, invasive and painful lesion in her hypogastric region, extending up to the pubi...

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Autores principales: Lido, Paolo, Paolino, Giovanni, Feliziani, Andrea, Santurro, Letizia, Montuori, Mauro, de Sanctis, Flavio, Rossi, Piero, Petrella, Giuseppe, Ricciardi, Edoardo, Fusano, Giuseppe, Augusto, Orlandi, Polisca, Patrizio
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26734871
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153793
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author Lido, Paolo
Paolino, Giovanni
Feliziani, Andrea
Santurro, Letizia
Montuori, Mauro
de Sanctis, Flavio
Rossi, Piero
Petrella, Giuseppe
Ricciardi, Edoardo
Fusano, Giuseppe
Augusto, Orlandi
Polisca, Patrizio
author_facet Lido, Paolo
Paolino, Giovanni
Feliziani, Andrea
Santurro, Letizia
Montuori, Mauro
de Sanctis, Flavio
Rossi, Piero
Petrella, Giuseppe
Ricciardi, Edoardo
Fusano, Giuseppe
Augusto, Orlandi
Polisca, Patrizio
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description We describe herein what is to our knowledge the first reported case of an invasive cutaneous metastasis with unknown primary, electively treated solely with electrochemotherapy. We describe a female patient with a large, invasive and painful lesion in her hypogastric region, extending up to the pubic area. The cutaneous biopsy and instrumental and laboratory analyses, all failed to reveal the primary site. A final diagnosis of cutaneous metastasis with unknown primary was made and treatment was performed with electrochemotherapy. Our case highlights the importance of interdisciplinary choices in clinical practice to cope with the lack of a primary site and to improve quality of life, since no standardized therapy exists for these classes of patients.
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spelling pubmed-46890782015-12-28 Cutaneous metastasis of unknown primary presenting as massive and invasive abdominal lesion: an elective approach Lido, Paolo Paolino, Giovanni Feliziani, Andrea Santurro, Letizia Montuori, Mauro de Sanctis, Flavio Rossi, Piero Petrella, Giuseppe Ricciardi, Edoardo Fusano, Giuseppe Augusto, Orlandi Polisca, Patrizio An Bras Dermatol Case Report We describe herein what is to our knowledge the first reported case of an invasive cutaneous metastasis with unknown primary, electively treated solely with electrochemotherapy. We describe a female patient with a large, invasive and painful lesion in her hypogastric region, extending up to the pubic area. The cutaneous biopsy and instrumental and laboratory analyses, all failed to reveal the primary site. A final diagnosis of cutaneous metastasis with unknown primary was made and treatment was performed with electrochemotherapy. Our case highlights the importance of interdisciplinary choices in clinical practice to cope with the lack of a primary site and to improve quality of life, since no standardized therapy exists for these classes of patients. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4689078/ /pubmed/26734871 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153793 Text en ©2015 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Lido, Paolo
Paolino, Giovanni
Feliziani, Andrea
Santurro, Letizia
Montuori, Mauro
de Sanctis, Flavio
Rossi, Piero
Petrella, Giuseppe
Ricciardi, Edoardo
Fusano, Giuseppe
Augusto, Orlandi
Polisca, Patrizio
Cutaneous metastasis of unknown primary presenting as massive and invasive abdominal lesion: an elective approach
title Cutaneous metastasis of unknown primary presenting as massive and invasive abdominal lesion: an elective approach
title_full Cutaneous metastasis of unknown primary presenting as massive and invasive abdominal lesion: an elective approach
title_fullStr Cutaneous metastasis of unknown primary presenting as massive and invasive abdominal lesion: an elective approach
title_full_unstemmed Cutaneous metastasis of unknown primary presenting as massive and invasive abdominal lesion: an elective approach
title_short Cutaneous metastasis of unknown primary presenting as massive and invasive abdominal lesion: an elective approach
title_sort cutaneous metastasis of unknown primary presenting as massive and invasive abdominal lesion: an elective approach
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26734871
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153793
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