Department of Surgery, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria.
Adv Skin Wound Care. 2010 Feb;23(2):77-80. doi: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000363504.92360.5f.
This study was to highlight the diagnostic and therapeutic values of cutaneous metastatic carcinoma.
Presented are patients with histologic diagnosis of cutaneous metastatic carcinoma seen in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria from 2000 to 2006.
Six patients (2 men and 4 women) with cutaneous metastatic carcinoma whose ages ranged from 37 to 55 years presented during the study period and accounted for 6.5% of total cutaneous cancer and 0.6% of total malignancy.
Cutaneous metastatic carcinoma exhibited a pattern of clinical significance. Clinicians are urged to renew interest in cutaneous nodules, chronic discharging sinuses, and ulcers.
本研究旨在强调皮肤转移性癌的诊断和治疗价值。
本文介绍了 2000 年至 2006 年间在尼日利亚卡拉巴尔大学教学医院就诊的组织学诊断为皮肤转移性癌的患者。
在研究期间，有 6 名（2 男 4 女）患有皮肤转移性癌的患者，年龄在 37 至 55 岁之间，占皮肤癌总数的 6.5%和所有恶性肿瘤的 0.6%。
皮肤转移性癌表现出具有临床意义的模式。临床医生应重新关注皮肤结节、慢性排脓窦道和溃疡。
