Grouped skin metastases from laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma and overview of similar cases

Dermatol Online J. 2003 Dec;9(5):27.

Abstract

Cutaneous metastases from internal malignancies or primary skin cancers are uncommon, particularly in a grouped pattern. We report a 58-year-old man with a known case of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma who underwent radiotherapy after surgical excision of the tumor. Unilateral, grouped, red-brown, vesicle-like nodules appeared on his shoulder 9 months after the laryngeal surgery. The pathologic diagnosis of an excised nodule was metastatic squamous cell carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / secondary*
  • Humans
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Laryngectomy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Shoulder
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary*