An unusual case of carcinoma erysipelatoides originating from gastric adenocarcinoma

Ann Dermatol. 2011 Aug;23(3):375-8. doi: 10.5021/ad.2011.23.3.375. Epub 2011 Aug 6.

Abstract

Carcinoma erysipelatoides, also known as inflammatory metastatic carcinoma, is a rare form of cutaneous metastasis. It is most commonly caused by breast carcinoma, but rarely associated with gastric adenocarcinoma. Herein, we report an unusual case of carcinoma erysipelatoides in a 55 year-old female who had been diagnosed with signet ring cell carcinoma of the stomach metastasizing to ovaries.

Keywords: Carcinoma erysipelatoides; Signet ring cell carcinoma; Stomach neoplasm.

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