Korean J Dermatol.  2001 Nov;39(11):1315-1317.

A Case of Cutaneous Metastasis from Carcinoma of the Hypopharynx

• Kim CD
• Kim JO
• Kim BC
• Lee KS

Abstract

Distant metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck occur at many sites, most commonly lung and bone. Metastases to the skin are unusual, and account for fewer than 10% of all distant metastatic lesions. A 61-year-old man developed cutaneous metastasis two years later after the diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx had been made. He was presented with asymptomatic multiple erythematous hard nodules with telangiectasia on the right shoulder. This lesion was diagnosed histologically as poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. The skin metastases improved with radiotherapy and palliative chemotherapy, including cisplantin, 5-fluorouracil.

Keyword

Cutaneous metastasis; Hypopharynx

MeSH Terms

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Diagnosis
Drug Therapy
Fluorouracil
Head
Humans
Hypopharynx*
Lung
Middle Aged
Neck
Neoplasm Metastasis*
Radiotherapy
Shoulder
Skin
Telangiectasis
Fluorouracil