Korean J Med.  2004 Apr;66(4):432-436.

A case of the pancreatic carcinoma detected by cutaneous metastasis manifested as multiple nodules on whole body

• Kim HS
• Lee SP
• Park SU
• Leu ST
• O US
• Lee JH
• Kim HJ

Abstract

Carcinoma of the pancreas represents less than 5% of human malignant neoplasm. It's skin involvement is rare. A 73-year-old man presented with multiple skin lesions located on the face, neck and body. The histopathologic study of the skin lesion was confirmed to be an metastatic adenocarcinoma. The primary tumor was regarded as the mass at the head of the pancreas observed on the CT scan, but was not confirmed by biopsy. We report a case of multiple cutaneous metastasis from pancreatic carcinoma with brief review of related literature.

Keyword

Cutaneous metastasis; Carcinoma; Pancreatic

MeSH Terms

Adenocarcinoma
Aged
Biopsy
Head
Humans
Neck
Neoplasm Metastasis*
Pancreas
Skin
Tomography, X-Ray Computed