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CARCINOMA EN CUIRASSE

1950; American Medical Association; Volume: 62; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/archderm.1950.01530180040008

1538-3652

Harvey George,

Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies

CARCINOMA en cuirasse is the term generally applied to extensive infiltrating plaques resulting from cutaneous metastasis from cancer in other organs of the body. These plaques are usually formed from the coalescence of hard carcinomatous nodules, but at other times pronounced inflammatory reaction is seen, so that many cases have been referred to as carcinoma erysipelotoides. In 1938 Taylor and Meltzer1described 38 cases of this inflammatory type of metastasis, all arising from the breast and involving the skin of the chest. Later, in 1941, Reuter and Nomland2published a report of a similar case involving the face and neck but with the primary growth in the rectum. The following case is another example of the inflammatory type of cancer en cuirasse arising from a visceral primary growth. REPORT OF A CASE Miss A. S., a retired postmistress, aged 55 years, in September 1947 noticed a