title: A study of 70 cases of cutaneous metastases from internal carcinoma.
abstract: A retrospective analysis of 70 patients with metastatic cutaneous nodules, was conducted in the department of pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore. The available clinical records and histologic material of these cases were reviewed. In last few years fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) was being used as the main diagnostic tool. The commonest primary site of cutaneous metastasis in this study was gastro-intestinal tract (46.7%) in males and breast (32%) in females. Abdomen (including umbilical nodules) was found to be the most frequent site for metastatic cutaneous nodule.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naik
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000556:secondary*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D015996:Survival Rate; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology