Endometrial adenocarcinoma metastatic to the scalp: case report and literature review.
A rare case of scalp metastasis from endometrial adenocarcinoma, demonstrating the poor prognosis for these patients, is reported. A 56-year-old woman with FIGO Stage IC, Grade 1 endometrial adenocarcinoma presented 15 months after initial surgery and radiation therapy with a scalp metastasis. Metastatic evaluation revealed widespread extrapelvic disease. She did not respond to chemotherapy and died 3 months after recurrence. Her course typifies that of patients with other cutaneous metastases as described in the literature: disease noted elsewhere at the time of recurrence, poor response to therapy, and death within 6 months.
Kushner
D M
DM
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
Lurain
J R
JR
Fu
T S
TS
Fishman
D A
DA
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*