Although primary skin cancers comprise most cancerous lesions of the skin, secondary
metastases from internal malignancies remain an often overlooked yet highly relevant …

Cutaneous metastases are relatively rare in clinical practice and their diagnosis requires a
high index of suspicion because clinical findings can be subtle. These metastases reveal the …

Skin metastases occur in 0.6%–10.4% of all patients with cancer and represent 2% of all
skin tumors. Skin metastases from visceral malignancies are important for dermatologists …

Skin metastasis is defined as the spread of malignant cells from a primary malignancy to the
skin. It is one manifestation of systemic spread of cancer. The tumor cells originate either …

Cutaneous metastasis accounts for only 2% of all skin cancers, 1 but incidence is increasing
due to improved survival of patients with cancer as a whole. 2 The importance of prompt …

Background: Most previous studies have found that cutaneous metastases occur
infrequently and are rarely present at the time the cancer is initially diagnosed. Objective …

Background: Cutaneous tumor metastasis may be the first manifestation of cancer, but more
often is a harbinger of advanced disease that portends an ominous prognosis. All skin …

Cutaneous metastases of internal malignancies still seem to occur infrequently, although
medical publications report an incidence rate of up to 10.4%. Common sense, however …

Objective To analyze the clinical, histopathologic, and immunohistochemical characteristics
of skin metastases. Design Retrospective analysis (January 1, 1990, to December 31, 2005) …

Cutaneous metastases from internal malignancies are uncommon and occur in 0.6%–10.4%
of all patients with cancer. In most cases, cutaneous metastases develop after the initial …