Author/Authors :
Liutti, Vitor Teixeira Department of Clinical Oncology at the Hospital do Câncer de Londrina, Brazil , Oliveira, Rivadávio A. M. de Department of Clinical Oncology at the Hospital do Câncer de Londrina, Brazil , Silva, Tassiara da Department of Clinical Oncology at the Hospital do Câncer de Londrina, Brazil , Piovesana, Mariana Miyasaki Department of Clinical Oncology at the Hospital do Câncer de Londrina, Brazil , Stecca, Carlos Eduardo Department of Clinical Oncology at the Hospital do Câncer de Londrina, Brazil , Lopes, George A. Department of Pathology Anatomy at the Hospital do Câncer de Londrina, Brazil
Abstract :
This report is aimed at describing a rare clinical condition of advanced esophageal cancer with subcutaneous metastasis.Case Report. The present case refers to a patient diagnosed with stage IV esophageal squamous cell carcinoma which started withdysphonia and cervical nodules. Soon after that, the patient developed dysphagia and subcutaneous lesions on the rightflank. Laterin time, we documented a disease progression, with worsening of subcutaneous implants, lymph node, bone, and pulmonarymetastases in addition to malignant hypercalcemia.Conclusion. This illustrates a rare presentation of an advanced esophagealneoplasm. Subcutaneous metastasis from internal malignancies is unusual, corresponding to less than 10% of cases. Itsoccurrence in patients with esophageal cancer is even less common with very few cases reported in literature.
