title: [Gastric signet ring cell carcinoma presenting. An erysipelas-like cutaneous metastasis of the abdominal skin].
abstract: A 71-year-old patient presented with diffuse and poorly circumscribed erythematous plaques of the abdominal skin, present for 5 months. Histology revealed a diffuse infiltration of the entire dermis with cytokeratin-positive signet-ring-cells. Subsequently, an extensive search for a primary adenocarcinoma uncovered a locally advanced signet-ring-cell gastric carcinoma. There were no metastases to other organs. This case shows the unusual clinical-diagnostic sequence of a patient with a signet-ring-cell-carcinoma of the stomach presenting with an erysipelas-like cutaneous metastasis of the abdominal skin.
authors: Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, 66421, Homburg/ Saar. hacmue@uniklinikum-saarland.de
authors: C S L
authors: CS
authors: Müller
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Pföhler
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Reichrath
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Tilgen
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004886:Erysipelas / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*