Metastatic vulvar carcinoma
Autor: | Elisa Margherita Difonzo, Andrea Bassi, Federica Scarfì, Lara Tripo, Massimiliano Galeone, Meena Arunachalam, Alessandro Franchi |
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Přispěvatelé: | Arunachalam, Meena, Bassi, Andrea, Tripo, Lara, Scarfi, Federica, Galeone, Massimiliano, Franchi, Alessandro, Difonzo, Elisa |
Rok vydání: | 2012 |
Předmět: |
Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Lymphatic Metastasi Vulvar Neoplasm Dermatology vulvar carcinoma Fatal Outcome Text mining Internal medicine Carcinoma Squamous Cell Disease Progression Lymph Node Excision Medicine Female Lymphedema Skin Neoplasm business Metastatic Vulvar Carcinoma Aged Human |
Zdroj: | Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 67:e205-e206 |
ISSN: | 0190-9622 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.02.022 |
Popis: | Vulvar carcinoma represents approximately 5% of all female genital tract malignancies and 95% of them are SCC. It is a slowly progressive tumor that advances locally and metastasizes via regional lymphonodes first to the inguinal then to the deep pelvic nodes. In later stages, hematologic spread may occur to the lungs, liver, and bones. Cutaneous metastases from vulvar carcinoma,however, are extremely rare this case is the ninth description of this occurrence reported in current literature to our knowledge |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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