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- Title
Nasal Tip Cutaneous Metastases Secondary to Lung Carcinoma: Three Case Reports and a Review of the Literature.
- Authors
Seung Min CHUN; Young Chul KIM; Jee-Bum LEE; Seong-Jin KIM; Seung-Chul LEE; Young Ho WON; Sook Jung YUN
- Abstract
Cutaneous metastatic carcinoma of the nose is a rare presentation associated with lung cancer. We report here 3 cases of cutaneous metastatic carcinoma of the nose that originated from lung cancer. Two men, age 61 and 76 years, with lung cancers were referred for evaluation of a tumour on the tip of the nose. The third patient, a 57-year-old man, had developed a rosacealike tumour on the tip of the nose; although he had no history of internal cancer, whole-body positron-emission tomography-computed tomography revealed a primary lung cancer. Skin biopsies of all 3 cases showed metastatic squamous cell carcinoma, and all primary lung cancers were squamous cell carcinomas. Only 3 patients are described here, and further reports are needed to substantiate this interesting phenomenon. When an elderly patient presents to dermatology with a tumour on the nose with or without known internal cancer, it is necessary to approach the diagnosis with caution.
- Subjects
NOSE cancer; LUNG cancer -- Case studies; METASTASIS; SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma
- Publication
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2013, Vol 93, Issue 5, p569
- ISSN
0001-5555
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.2340/00015555-1529