Extensive Cutaneous Metastases of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: a Case Report and Review of the Literature

Overview

Journal Clin Case Rep

Date 2017 Jan 19

PMID 28096990

Citations 8

Authors

Ioannis Kotsantis

Panagiota Economopoulou

Konstantinos Dritsakos

Nikolaos Oikonomopoulos

Marios Bakogeorgos

Cleopatra Rapti

Nikolaos Kentepozidis

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Abstract

Herein, we present the case of a patient with pancreatic cancer and nonumbilical cutaneous metastasis. Patients with pancreatic adenocarcinomas can develop extensive cutaneous metastases involving not only abdominal skin but also other unusual sites such as the scrotum.

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