Cutaneous metastasis in endometrial cancer: once in a blue moon - case report.
BACKGROUND
Cutaneous metastases from internal malignancies are uncommon. Moreover, endometrial carcinoma rarely metastasizes to the skin, with a reported prevalence of 0.8%. Here, we report the case of a 62-year-old woman who developed cutaneous metastases from an endometrial carcinoma.


METHODS
When admitted to our department, the patient underwent a biopsy that showed the presence of cutaneous metastasis in relation to her initial endometrial cancer, diagnosed 3 years earlier. Thereafter, she was treated with a bilateral uterine artery embolization and chemotherapy. The patient had complications and survived 5 months after the diagnosis of the cutaneous metastasis. She died from sepsis.


CONCLUSIONS
Cutaneous metastases of the endometrial carcinoma are usually incurable and suggest an unfortunate prognosis where palliation is the mainstay of patient management.
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hôtel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Saint Joseph University, Bvd, Alfred Naccache, Achrafieh, P,O, Box: 116-5137, Museum, Beirut, Lebanon. david.atallah@gmail.com.
David
D
Atallah
Nadine
N
el Kassis
Fouad
F
Lutfallah
Joelle
J
Safi
Charbel
C
Salameh
Samah
S
Nadiri
Lina
L
Bejjani
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy