EPIDERMOID ANAL-CANAL CARCINOMA METASTATIC TO THE SKIN - A CLINICAL MIMIC OF PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA METASTASES

Authors
NAZZARI G DRAGO F MALATTO M CROVATO F
Citation
G. Nazzari et al., EPIDERMOID ANAL-CANAL CARCINOMA METASTATIC TO THE SKIN - A CLINICAL MIMIC OF PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA METASTASES, The Journal of dermatologic surgery and oncology, 20(11), 1994, pp. 765-766
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases",Oncology,Surgery
Journal title
The Journal of dermatologic surgery and oncology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01480812
Volume
20
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
765 - 766
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-0812(1994)20:11<765:EACMTT>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
BACKGROUND. Cancers of the anal canal are rare, but their frequency is constantly increasing. Only 10-20% of the patients develop a local re currence and about 20% distant visceral metastases. OBJECTIVE. To repo rt what we believe to be the first case of skin metastases of epidermo id and canal carcinoma mimicking a typical clinical pattern of prostat ic adenocarcinoma metastases.