Cutaneous metastasis from adenocarcinoma of cervix: a rare case report

Authors

  • Rashmi Jindal Department of Dermatology, Himalayan Institute of Medical sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
  • Ankur Mittal Department of Urology, AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
  • Nadia Shirazi Department of Pathology, Himalayan Institute of Medical sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
  • Nidhi Mimani Gupta Department of Dermatology, Himalayan Institute of Medical sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2455-4529.IntJResDermatol20181831

Keywords:

Metastasis, Adenocarcinoma, Dermatopathology

Abstract

Cutaneous metastasis from solid malignancies is rare and thus can be easily overlooked. The reported case is of a forty years old woman who presented with cutaneous metastasis and vulval lymphedema from adenocarcinoma of uterine cervix.

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2018-04-25

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Case Reports