Metastatic hypopharyngeal carcinoma mimicking necrotizing vasculitis of the skin.
Clinical features of cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis were the presenting signs of a hypopharyngeal carcinoma in a forty-three-year-old man. A definite diagnosis was established by examination of fine-needle aspiration biopsy and scalpel biopsy specimens. Among the dermatoses simulated by metastatic pharyngeal carcinoma, necrotizing vasculitis has not, to our knowledge, been reported previously.
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Department of Dermatology, University of Verona, Italy.
Chieregato
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Castellani
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D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis*