title: Cutaneous metastasis: An unusual presenting feature of urologic malignancies.
abstract: Urological malignancies are well known for their ability to metastasize widely. The incidence of cutaneous metastasis from all urologic malignancies has been reported to be 0.73-1.3% with the primary most commonly being renal cell carcinoma followed by carcinoma bladder, adenocarcinoma prostate, and testicular germ cell tumor in decreasing order of frequency. Metastasis to the skin is unusual and has been predominantly reported as a late manifestation of the disease. We describe two patients with urologic malignancies who had cutaneous metastasis as their initial presenting feature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, K S Hegde Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Arun Ramdas
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Anju Sussanna
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, K S Hegde Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Nivedita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suresh
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Government Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Shashank Malagi
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Shashidhar
keywords: Carcinoma bladder; cutaneous metastasis; renal cell carcinoma; skin metastasis