Inflammatory skin metastases from ovarian carcinoma—a case report and review of the literature

Schonmann, Ron; Altaras, Marco M.; Biron, Tal; Bernheim, J; Fishman, Ami

doi:10.1016/s0090-8258(03)00366-4

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“…With the erythematous vesicular appearance and dermatomal distribution on the torso, the nodules were initially suggestive of herpes zoster [9]. Additionally, the location of the lesions on the left breast was concerning for a possible primary breast cancer, as cutaneous metastasis of breast cancer is more commonly seen [10].…”

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Distant Cutaneous Manifestations of a Primary Gynecologic Malignancy

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Gao³

et al. 2017

J Clin Gynecol Obstet

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Uterine cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer in the United States. While most cases are diagnosed early and recurrence is rare with adequate treatment, late stage disease has a much worse prognosis, with 5-year survival rates of 25-45%. We report the presentation of recurrent uterine serous carcinoma with metastasis to the skin. An 80-year-old postmenopausal female with a history of endometrial intraepithelial carcinoma was diagnosed with recurrent metastatic disease 3 years after her initial presentation. During hospital admission, she was noted to have clusters of rubbery cutaneous nodules with an erythematous vesicular appearance on the left breast. Biopsy of the lesions showed metastatic serous adenocarcinoma consistent with gynecologic origin. Cutaneous metastasis is a rare finding in uterine cancer. This case highlights the importance of maintaining a wide differential diagnosis and high level of suspicion when evaluating skin lesions in the setting of uterine pathology.

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Distant Cutaneous Manifestations of a Primary Gynecologic Malignancy

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Higgins²,

Gao³

et al. 2017

J Clin Gynecol Obstet

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“…inflammatory lesions or cicatricial plaques. In most patients, however they manifest as cuteneous nodules in the abdominal wall with the usual location being near scar or actually in the scar of the prior surgical intervention 6 . -In our case, the patient presented with two identical, symmetrical swellings one on each end of previous laparotomy scar.…”

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Skin Metastasis from Malignant Ovarian Tumor - A Rare Entity

Chowdhury

Ruman

Chowdhury

2016

J. Bangladesh Coll. Phys.

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Skin metastasis from malignant ovarian carcinoma is rare and seen in only 3% of patients. Hence, we report a case of ovarian cancer with scar metastasis. The patient, a 31 year old woman presented with two skin nodules in the previous laparotomy scar which revealed metastatic papillary serous cyst adenocarcinoma on histopathology. So, it should be considered that ovarian malignancy is not always confined to pelvis and may present with associated skin lesion.

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“…In the literature, median survival after the diagnosis of skin metastasis was reported between 4 and 72 months [4,5,10,17]. Cormio et al [9] reported 4 months of median survival in their nine case series.…”

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“…Epithelial ovarian cancers tend to metastasize to peritoneal cavity via implantation and may also metastasize through lymphatic channels and hematogenous route [2,5,[9][10][11][12]. Dauplat et al reported that among 255 ovary cancer patients 38% of them had extraperitoneal distant metastasis.…”

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“…The most common sites of distant metastasis are the pleura, liver, lung, and lymph nodes [2]. Skin metastasis of ovarian cancer is however, very rare which is found about 5% of ovarian cancer patients [2,9,10,12,13]. Brownstein and Helwig evaluated the origins of skin metastasis and demonstrated that ovarian cancer is the 4th cause of skin metastasis among all malignancies after kidney, lung, and breast cancer [11].…”

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Palliative radiotherapy for the skin metastasis of ovarian cancer: a case report and review of the literature

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Ovarian cancer which is the most common cause of death among all gynecological malignancies tends to metastasize through peritoneal cavity. Skin metastasis, however, is a very rare clinical entity and related with poor prognosis. We report a 43-year-old patient with recurrent ovarian cancer presented with extensive abdominal skin metastasis approximately 6 years after the initial diagnosis. Patient was treated with radiotherapy with electrons to a total dose of 37.5 Gy given in 2.5 Gy per fraction per day. Skin metastasis showed good response to radiotherapy, and the patient has been alive for 7 months after radiotherapy with no recurrences on abdominal skin. Radiotherapy might be considered as an efficient palliative treatment option for the skin metastasis of ovarian cancer.

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Inflammatory skin metastases from ovarian carcinoma—a case report and review of the literature

Cited by 29 publications

References 9 publications

Distant Cutaneous Manifestations of a Primary Gynecologic Malignancy

Distant Cutaneous Manifestations of a Primary Gynecologic Malignancy

Skin Metastasis from Malignant Ovarian Tumor - A Rare Entity

Palliative radiotherapy for the skin metastasis of ovarian cancer: a case report and review of the literature

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