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A Rare Case of Zosteriform Cutaneous Metastases from a Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
- Source :
- Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine.
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015.
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Abstract
- From a clinical point of view, the most common presentations of cutaneous metastatic disease are papules and nodules. However, a wide morphological spectrum of lesions has been described, including erythematous patches or plaques, inflammatory erysipelas-like lesions, diffuse sclerodermiform lesions with induration of the skin, telangiectatic papulovesicles, purpuric plaques mimicking vasculitis, and alopecia areata like scalp lesions. The so-called zosteriform pattern has been described to be in few cases and to the best of our knowledge has never been described associated with a metastasis of a nasopharyngeal carcinoma. This case highlights the relevance of including cutaneous metastases in the differential diagnosis of patients with nonhealing herpes zoster-like lesions, especially in those with underlying neoplasm recently diagnosed.
- Subjects :
- integumentary system
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20906463
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.hindawi.publ..a5d616f091a7e1b76aff9f60985c72bc
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/415393