Scalp metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma of lung
Li-Cher Loh, Sree Raman, Suryani Mohd Yusoff, Wan Azura Wan
Yaacob and Shalini Kumar
IMU Lung Research, International Medical University, Clinical School, Seremban, Malaysia
Department of Medicine, Seremban Hospital, Seremban, Malaysia
Department of Pathology, Seremban Hospital, Seremban, Malaysia
Corresponding address: Dr Li-Cher Loh, Department of Medicine, Clinical School, International Medical University, Jalan Rasah, Seremban 70300, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
Tel.: +606 767 7798; fax: +606 767 7709.
E-mail: loh@imu.edu.my
We report a case of a 53-year-old man with a solitary nodular
growth on the scalp in the right temporal region, noted during
his hospital admission for bilateral knee replacement. A chest
X-ray revealed a large circumscribed opacity in the left lung
field. Bronchoscopy revealed a tumour at the carina. Histology
of biopsies from the bronchoscopy and the scalp lesion showed an
identical moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. The
patient survived 2.5 months after the onset of symptoms. While
skin metastasis is recognised but rare in primary lung cancer,
metastasis to the scalp is particularly unusual.
Key words
Scalp metastasis; skin metastasis; lung cancer; squamous cell
carcinoma.
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