Gastric adenocarcinoma deposits presenting as multiple cutaneous nodules: a case report with review of literature.
Metastases to the skin from internal tumors are uncommon, yet they may be the     first presentation of such malignancies. They usually arise from the breast,     lung and large bowel. Cutaneous metastases from gastric adenocarcinoma are     extremely rare. We report a case of gastric adenocarcinoma that at presentation     had multiple clinically benign looking skin nodules. Fine needle aspiration     cytology of the cutaneous nodule revealed metastatic deposits. The current     literature on cutaneous metastases of gastric carcinoma is reviewed in this case     report.
Department of Pathology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar, Karnataka, India. aparna_patho@yahoo.com
Aparna
A
Narasimha
Harendra
H
Kumar
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery