Distant skin metastases from carcinoma buccal mucosa: A rare presentation

Distant skin metastases from carcinoma buccal mucosa: A rare presentation

Cancer of the oral cavity makes up approximately 30% of all head and neck region tumors. Skin metastasis is rare with an incidence ranging between 0.7% and 2.4%. Skin metastasis usually occurs in the neck, scalp, and over the skin near the primary site. We report a patient with carcinoma left buccal...

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Main Authors: Shashank Srinivasan, Nitin Leekha, Sweety Gupta, Umang Mithal, Vandana Arora, Sudarsan De
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Dermatology
Subjects:
Buccal mucosa
head and neck cancers
skin metastasis
Online Access:http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2016;volume=61;issue=4;spage=468;epage=468;aulast=Srinivasan
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spelling doaj-46f38f086d874dcab3f8546839e165d12020-11-24T23:56:37ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Dermatology0019-51541998-36112016-01-0161446846810.4103/0019-5154.185764Distant skin metastases from carcinoma buccal mucosa: A rare presentationShashank SrinivasanNitin LeekhaSweety GuptaUmang MithalVandana AroraSudarsan DeCancer of the oral cavity makes up approximately 30% of all head and neck region tumors. Skin metastasis is rare with an incidence ranging between 0.7% and 2.4%. Skin metastasis usually occurs in the neck, scalp, and over the skin near the primary site. We report a patient with carcinoma left buccal mucosa who presented with distant skin metastases to the right side chest wall.http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2016;volume=61;issue=4;spage=468;epage=468;aulast=SrinivasanBuccal mucosahead and neck cancersskin metastasis
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author Shashank Srinivasan
Nitin Leekha
Sweety Gupta
Umang Mithal
Vandana Arora
Sudarsan De
spellingShingle Shashank Srinivasan
Nitin Leekha
Sweety Gupta
Umang Mithal
Vandana Arora
Sudarsan De
Distant skin metastases from carcinoma buccal mucosa: A rare presentation
Indian Journal of Dermatology
Buccal mucosa
head and neck cancers
skin metastasis
author_facet Shashank Srinivasan
Nitin Leekha
Sweety Gupta
Umang Mithal
Vandana Arora
Sudarsan De
author_sort Shashank Srinivasan
title Distant skin metastases from carcinoma buccal mucosa: A rare presentation
title_short Distant skin metastases from carcinoma buccal mucosa: A rare presentation
title_full Distant skin metastases from carcinoma buccal mucosa: A rare presentation
title_fullStr Distant skin metastases from carcinoma buccal mucosa: A rare presentation
title_full_unstemmed Distant skin metastases from carcinoma buccal mucosa: A rare presentation
title_sort distant skin metastases from carcinoma buccal mucosa: a rare presentation
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Dermatology
issn 0019-5154
1998-3611
publishDate 2016-01-01
description Cancer of the oral cavity makes up approximately 30% of all head and neck region tumors. Skin metastasis is rare with an incidence ranging between 0.7% and 2.4%. Skin metastasis usually occurs in the neck, scalp, and over the skin near the primary site. We report a patient with carcinoma left buccal mucosa who presented with distant skin metastases to the right side chest wall.
topic Buccal mucosa
head and neck cancers
skin metastasis
url http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2016;volume=61;issue=4;spage=468;epage=468;aulast=Srinivasan
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