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[Linitis plastica disclosed by cervical cutaneous metastasis]
V Descamps1, R Makhlouf, I Katchourine
1Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Bichat, Paris.
Annales De Dermatologie Et De Venereologie
|January 1, 1995
Abstract
Introduction:
A case of a cutaneous metastasis as a first sign of a linitis plastica is reported.
Case Report:
A 57 year-old man presented for a cervical infiltrated skin plaque. Histological examination and immunohistochemical staining gave the diagnosis of metastasis probably of gastrointestinal origin. Gastric endoscopy and biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of a linitis plastica.
Discussion:
Cutaneous metastases from gastric carcinoma are uncommon and exceptionally the first sign of the disease. Their clinical and histological aspects are reviewed.