title: Cutaneous metastasis from primary adenocarcinoma of the vagina: a case report.
abstract: Cutaneous metastasis in vaginal cancer is an extremely rare event and no cases of cutaneous metastasis from primary vaginal adenocarcinoma have been found. We report the clinicopathologic features, including cytopathologic findings, of the first case of cutaneous metastasis to the anterior chest wall from a sporadic-type advanced primary vaginal adenocarcinoma. Our present case suggested that cytopathologic examination should be performed as soon as possible when a patient exhibits multiple subcutaneous nodules or a painful cutaneous ulcer during treatment of advanced gynecologic cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. h-nakai@sanfu.med.kindai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hidekastu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: Yoh
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Tomomaro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Etoh
authors.forename: Masatomo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoshiai
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D035441:Thoracic Wall; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*