Article Type
Original Study
Abstract
. Meta-stases to the skin from internal tumours are uncommon, yet they may be the first presentation of such malignancies. Also, paraneoplastic der-matoses (PND) are important cutaneous markers of internal malignancies. The present work was undertaken in an effort to evaluate the prevalence of cutaneous disorders occurring in association with internal malignant diseases, aiming at early diagnosis and therapy of various internal malignancies and improving their survival rates. The study included 163 patients already documented as cases of internal malignant disease of various origins. All the studied cases were subjected to history taking, careful dermatological examination, some dermatological investigations when indicated (for fungus), skin biopsy for histopathological examination of skin lesions and photography. We found a very high prevalence of cutaneous disorders in the studied cases (93.3%). Malignant skin involvement was found in 8.4% of cases (14) most commonly with cancer breast (4 cases). They developed the malignant skin involvement after the primary cancer by a highly variable duration (2 weeks, 30 months). The most frequent primary cancer was adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. The majority of PND appeared after the diagnosis of primary cancer
Recommended Citation
EI-Azim, Zeinab; A, Hanan; El-Kamel, Salem; and El-Kamel, Mohamed
(2001)
"A STUDY OF CUTANEOUS DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH INTERNAL MALIGNANCY,"
Mansoura Medical Journal: Vol. 30
:
Iss.
1
, Article 15.
Available at:
https://doi.org/10.21608/mjmu.2001.127082
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