Zosteriform metastases from colon carcinoma: an unusual pattern

Paula Maio; Cristina Amaro; Ana Rodrigues; Adelaide Milheiro; Jorge Cardoso

doi:10.4081/dr.2012.e9

Zosteriform metastases from colon carcinoma: an unusual pattern

https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2012.e9

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2012)

Submitted: 29 October 2011
Accepted: 1 December 2011

Published: 18 December 2012

cutaneous metastases, zosteriform, skin-homing mechanisms

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Paula Maio
paulamaio@gmail.com
Department of Dermalology and Venereology, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisbon, Portugal.
Cristina Amaro Department of Dermalology and Venereology, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisbon, Portugal.
Ana Rodrigues Department of Dermalology and Venereology, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisbon, Portugal.
Adelaide Milheiro Department of Pathology, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisbon, Portugal.
Jorge Cardoso Department of Dermalology and Venereology, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisbon, Portugal.

Cutaneous metastases of internal malignancies occur infrequently and the zosteriform spread of the skin lesions represents a rare entity. We report here a case of cutaneous metastases from a colon carcinoma clinically mimicked Herpes varicella-zoster. The literature is also reviewed.

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Maio, P., Amaro, C., Rodrigues, A., Milheiro, A., & Cardoso, J. (2012). Zosteriform metastases from colon carcinoma: an unusual pattern. Dermatology Reports, 4(1), e9. https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2012.e9