A peculiar form of epidermotropism in cutaneous metastatic carcinoma.
A 71-year-old man developed metastatic cutaneous nodules of colon carcinoma on the scalp and chest wall. Histopathological findings revealed aggressive invasion of the tumor cells into the overlying epidermis (epidermotropic carcinoma); they occasionally adhered to the epidermal cells. These morphological features have not been described in cutaneous metastases from internal carcinomas.
Oku
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Department of Dermatology, Shizuoka General Hospital, Japan.
Nakayama
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Takigawa
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*