Cutaneous metastasis of gastric cardia adenocarcinoma in a patient: a case report.

A large proportion of gastric cardia adenocarcinoma (GCA) present initially in an advanced stage in China. Skin metastasis of primary GCA rarely occurs and the incidence of it is still unclear yet. Here we report one case of skin metastasis from GCA in a 58-year-old male patient who underwent gastric cardia resection in 2002 and did not undergo chemotherapy. However, he was diagnosed with anastomotic stoma adenocarcinoma by gastroscopy and histological biopsy in 2012.4. Then he underwent four cycles of "XELOX" regimen chemotherapy and the evaluation was PR. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding occurred and he was administered hemostatic therapy in 2012.9; meanwhile, he suffered from severe pains all over the body and received slow-release morphine. However, he was found to have dozens of cutaneous metastasizes in the skin of abdominal and back. Then, he underwent best supportive care and died of cachexia in 2013.5. GCA cutaneous metastasis indicates a highly invasive potential of tumors, poor chemo-radiotherapy efficacy and poor prognosis. The patient may survive just for another several months without the treatment of anti-tumor agents. Appropriate treatment may prolong patient survival.