Cutaneous metastases from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Poovaneswaran, S.; Paleri, V.; Charlton, F.; Dobrowsky, W.; Kelly, C.

Medical Journal of Malaysia 67(4): 430-432

2012


ISSN/ISBN: 0300-5283
PMID: 23082459
Document Number: 657409
The presence of cutaneous metastases in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck (SCCHN) is rare and associated with a dismal prognosis. It is vital to distinguish these lesions from direct invasion of the skin by SCCHN or primary cutaneous malignancies as the prognosis is vastly different and so is the management. In this case report, we present four cases of cutaneous metastases and also briefly review the literature pertaining to this phenomenon.

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