| NET CASE |
|
| Year : 2010 | Volume
: 76
| Issue : 4 | Page : 447- |
Zosteriform cutaneous metastases: A case report and brief review of literature
Raghavendra Rao1, C Balachandran1, Lakshmi Rao2
1 Department of Skin & VD, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal - 576 104, India
2 Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal - 576 104, India
Correspondence Address:
Raghavendra Rao
Department of Skin & VD, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal - 576 104
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.66605
A 56-year-old woman presented with painful erythematous, papulo-nodular lesions on the left side of the trunk in a dermatomal distribution of two-weeks duration. She had earlier undergone surgery for breast carcinoma and was receiving palliative chemo-radiotherapy, when seen by us. A diagnosis of zosteriform cutaneous metastases was made and biopsy was done from the representative lesion which showed chords and sheets of malignant cells. Majority of these cases in the past have been misdiagnosed as herpes zoster and were treated with antiviral drugs. Metastatic diseases should be considered in the differential diagnosis of zosteriform rash in elderly.
[FULL TEXT] [PDF]*
|
