title: Cutaneous metastases of lung cancer.
abstract: It is uncommon for a cancer to be diagnosed because of skin metastases. Cutaneous metastases as initial manifestation of internal neoplasias, represent only 0.8% of total cases and implies, in general, a very advanced grade of the disease and short survival. When skin metastases of an unknown primary site appear, lung cancer is the first option to be discarded in case of men, and breast cancer in case of women. Lung cancer spreads to the skin in 2.8-8.7% of the cases, in advanced phases of the disease, although just in 7-23.8% of the cases, cutaneous metastases appear as first manifestation of the primary tumor. Sometimes, a complete examination to discover the tumor reveals no metastases elsewhere.
authors.affiliation: Medical Oncology Service, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain. mjmolinagarrido@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Molina Garrido
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guillén Ponce
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Soto Martínez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martínez Y Sevila
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carrato Mena
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary*