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.