INTRODUCTION: Cutaneous metastasis from gastric cancer is a rare occurrence. The linitis gastric carcinoma accounts only 8.7% of all gastric cancers. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We report a case of female patient who was followed for linits cancer with peritoneal metastasis treated by six cycles of chemotherapy. After seventeen months of control, the relapse of the disease revealed by occurrence of cutaneous metastatsis. DISCUSSION: Cutaneous metastasis from linit gastric is rare and the prognostic remains poor. The treatment is palliative. CONCLUSION: This rare presentation should encourage the practitioners to biopsy any suspicion skin lesion.
INTRODUCTION: Cutaneous metastasis from gastric cancer is a rare occurrence. The linitis gastric carcinoma accounts only 8.7% of all gastric cancers. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We report a case of female patient who was followed for linits cancer with peritoneal metastasis treated by six cycles of chemotherapy. After seventeen months of control, the relapse of the disease revealed by occurrence of cutaneous metastatsis. DISCUSSION: Cutaneous metastasis from linit gastric is rare and the prognostic remains poor. The treatment is palliative. CONCLUSION: This rare presentation should encourage the practitioners to biopsy any suspicion skin lesion.
Authors: Arno Rütten; Ulrich Huschka; Celia Requena; José Luis Rodríguez-Peralto; Luis Requena Journal: Am J Dermatopathol Date: 2003-10 Impact factor: 1.533