Cutaneous metastases revealing small cell lung cancer: case report and review of literature

Mariam Benhami; Karima Oualla; Yassine El Ouai; Hajar Habibi; Zineb Benbrahim; Samia Arifi; Meriem Boubbou; Nawfel Mellas

Volume : IX, Issue : I, January - 2019

Cutaneous metastases revealing small cell lung cancer: case report and review of literature

Mariam Benhami, Karima Oualla, Yassine El Ouai, Hajar Habibi, Zineb Benbrahim, Samia Arifi, Meriem Boubbou, Nawfel Mellas

Abstract :

Cutaneous metastases as a first presentation of internal malignancies occurs are very rare, and usually indicated a poor prognosis. We reported a case in which a 45 years old male patient initially presented with rapidly growing skin nodule on his back and left chest wall. Then, he developed dyspnea and loss of weight. Thoraco–abdomino–pelvic scan revealed a process in the upper lobe of lung with multiple mediastinal lymphadenopathies and distant localization in adrenal gland. Biopsy of the skin mass has shown a metastatic process of an adenocarcinoma consistent with lung primary. Palliative chemotherapy was administered but the outcomes were poor with rapid progression leading to death. This article highlights an atypical presentation of lung metastases to the skin and provides an overview of clinical, radiological, therapeutic and prognostic features of this entity.