Cutaneous metastasis from adenocarcinoma of cervix: a rare case report

Rashmi Jindal; Ankur Mittal; Nadia Shirazi; Nidhi Mimani Gupta

doi:10.18203/issn.2455-4529.IntJResDermatol20181831

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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