title: A peculiar form of epidermotropism in cutaneous metastatic carcinoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Shizuoka General Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oku
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takigawa
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*