Distant cutaneous metastasis from oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common malignant neoplasm of the upper aerodigestive tract. The disease is characterized by frequent lymphatic spread; however, blood-borne distant metastasis is rare. Isolated cutaneous metastasis is even rarer. We present two cases of oropharyngeal carcinoma that presented with cutaneous metastasis in the absence of disease recurrence. Both patients were treated with wide excision of the metastatic nodule and were disease-free at the 1.5-year follow-up. This article highlights the importance of cutaneous metastasectomy.
Department of Pathology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Mridula
M
Shukla
Vinay
V
Kumar
Manoj
M
Pandey
D001415:Back / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy*; D059248:Chemoradiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012782:Shoulder / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery