Cutaneous metastatic adenocarcinoma of gallbladder origin: report of a case and review of the literature.
In the English literature, there have only been seven reports of metastasis from cancer of the gallbladder to the skin. This is the report of a 75-year-old woman who developed cutaneous metastasis from an adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder which was confirmed histologically. We report the uncommon metastatic potential of gallbladder carcinoma to the skin.
Department of Surgery, Hospital General de Manresa, Barcelona, Spain.
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Bardaji
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Fernandez-Layos
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*