Cutaneous Metastases simulating other dermatoses.
Two patients with unusual cutaneous metastases from internal cancer are presented herein. In a patient with breast cancer, cutaneous metastases developed which appeared as erythema annulare centrifugum. A patient with prostatic cancer had cutaneous metastases which mimicked pyodermas. The importance of skin biopsy as a diagnostic tool is emphasized.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004890:Erythema / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms; D011711:Pyoderma / Q000175:diagnosis; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*