Cellulitis-like cutaneous metastasis of uterine cervical carcinoma.
Metastasis to the skin from cervical carcinoma is relatively uncommon. Herein we present a 41-year-old woman with a history of cervical carcinoma with severe facial erythematous swelling and telangiectasia. She was initially treated for cellulitis without improvement. A skin biopsy specimen revealed widespread intravascular tumor emboli in the dermis and subcutis, resembling the so-called inflammatory carcinoma of the breast. As this is an unusual clinical presentation for the metastasis of cervical carcinoma, this case is reported.
Yang
Hsin-I
HI
Department of Dermatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Lee
Mei-Ching
MC
Kuo
Tseng-Tong
TT
Hong
Hong-Shang
HS
D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*