CASE 301: SKIN METASTASIS, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

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MAN 83 YO HAD BEEN  TREATED  LUNG CANCER WITH  CHEMOTHERAPY  AND RADIATION  FOR 2 YEARS.

ONE  MONTH  AGO  HE DETECTED  SMALL SKIN TUMOR  AT LEFT TEMPORAL SCALP  RAPID  GROWING AND BLEEDING ( SEE PICTURE).

ULTRASOUND  SCAN   REPORTED  THIS TUMOR BEING  FROM THE  SCALP NO  INVADE  TO  BONE ( SEE  2 US  PICTURES)  AND   LIVER  METASTASIS ( US PICTURE 3)

MSCT  CONFIRMED THE  SCALP TUMOR   NOT ERODING THE BONE, MANY  METASTATIC  LESIONS FROM THE LUNG TUMOR  TO  BOTH SIDE OF LUNG, LIVER, ADRENAL GLAND.

BIOPSY OF THIS TUMOR  CONFIRMED THAT  METASTASIS FROM LUNG CANCER,  SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA..

SUMMARY:   LUNG CANCER  SOMETIMES  METASTASES TO SKIN OF SCALP AND NOT TO BONE.

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