Immunohistologic characterization of skin metastases in a patient with simultaneous cancers of the rectum and cervix
Thomas, P.; Eckert, F.
Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift für Dermatologie Venerologie und verwandte Gebiete 43(5): 300-304
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-8470 PMID: 1377191 Document Number: 393360
A patient with skin metastases several years after surgical treatment of carcinoma of the cervix and the rectum is presented. Comparative histology and immunohistochemical analysis with anti-cytokeratin antibodies implicated the carcinoma of the cervix as the source of the skin infiltrates. Based on this patient's case record, the use of anti-cytokeratin antibodies for identification and subtyping of epithelial or carcinoma cells is discussed with special reference to cytokeratin 7.