Korean J Dermatol.  2008 Apr;46(4):499-502.

A Case of Cutaneous Metastases to the Face and Scalp from Colon Adenocarcinoma

• Park HS
• Choi WS
• Kang YS
• Kim SW
• Jang SJ
• Lee UH

Abstract

Cutaneous metastases occur uncommonly with a reported incidence of 0.7% to 10% in all patients with internal organ malignancy. Cutaneous metastases in the face occur in less than 0.5% of patients with metastatic skin cancer. Cutaneous metastases occur in less than 4% of colon adenocarcinoma patients and the most frequent site is the abdominal skin, especially the scar of previous surgical incision. But metastases to the skin of the head and neck region from colon adenocarcinoma are rare and especially, facial skin metastases are very rare. We report a case of cutaneous metastasis to the face and scalp from colon adenocarcinoma.

Keyword

Colon adenocarcinoma; Cutaneous metastasis; Face; Metastatic skin cancer; Scalp

MeSH Terms

Adenocarcinoma
Cicatrix
Colon
Head
Humans
Incidence
Neck
Neoplasm Metastasis
Scalp
Skin
Skin Neoplasms