[Linitis plastica disclosed by cervical cutaneous metastasis].
BACKGROUND
A case of a cutaneous metastasis as a first sign of a linitis plastica is reported.


METHODS
A 57 year-old man presented for a cervical infiltrated skin plaque. Histological examination and immunohistochemical staining gave the diagnosis of metastasis probably of gastrointestinal origin. Gastric endoscopy and biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of a linitis plastica.


CONCLUSIONS
Cutaneous metastases from gastric carcinoma are uncommon and exceptionally the first sign of the disease. Their clinical and histological aspects are reviewed.
D006801:Humans; D008039:Linitis Plastica / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*
Linite gastrique révélée par des métastases cutanées cervicales.