| Autor: |
Anastasios J. Karayiannakis, Helen Bolanaki, Christos Tsalikidis, Constantinos Simopoulos |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2010 |
| Předmět: |
|
| Zdroj: |
Case Reports in Oncology, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 495-497 (2010) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1662-6575 |
| DOI: |
10.1159/000323559 |
| Popis: |
Cutaneous metastasis from intra-abdominal malignant solid tumours such as gastric adenocarcinoma is very rare. Here, we report the case of a 76-year-old male patient with a T4N2M0, poorly differentiated, signet-ring cell gastric carcinoma, who underwent potentially curative resection of the tumour and developed cutaneous metastasis at the site of the surgical drain 4 months after the operation while he was on chemotherapy. The lesion involved the skin and the subcutaneous fat only. A CT scan revealed local recurrence at the resection bed but no distant metastases. The patient died 1 month later. It is concluded that the development of cutaneous metastasis after gastric carcinoma resection indicates tumour recurrence or disseminated disease and is associated with poor prognosis. |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
