Multiple cutaneous metastases from esophageal adenocarcinoma.

INTRODUCTION: Cutaneous metastases from internal malignancies are very uncommon. [corrected] We describe an extremely rare case of multiple cutaneous metastases from esophageal adenocarcinoma. CASE REPORT: A month before the patient came to us, he had presented to the ER for evaluation of skin lesions and was sent home on a 1-week course of oral antibiotics. He later presented with dysphagia and was diagnosed with esophageal adenocarcinoma and biopsy of the skin lesions revealed metastases. DISCUSSION: This report stresses the importance that newly appearing skin lesions may be the first presentation of esophageal carcinoma.