title: Case for diagnosis. Cutaneous metastases of visceral cancer.
abstract: Cutaneous metastases of visceral cancers are relatively rare, with an incidence of 0.7 to 10%. The most frequent primary sites are breast, lung and colon tumors. They generally occur after the primary cancer is diagnosed and signify a poor prognosis. They may occur as the first manifestation in 20% of cancers in general. The most common manifestations are single or multiple asymptomatic nodules, most often located on the chest, abdomen, head and neck, sometimes with unusual clinical features which present a challenge to clinical diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitário Gaffrée e Guinle, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. mariperisse@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mariane de Castro
authors.initials: Mde C
authors.lastname: Perisse
authors.forename: Camila
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferron
authors.forename: Ricardo Barbosa
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Márcio Soares
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Serra
authors.forename: Carlos José
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Martins
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*