Primitive neuroectodermal tumor arising in the skin. Differentiation from neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin

Dermatology. 1992;185(4):272-5. doi: 10.1159/000247467.

Abstract

We report a 25-year-old male patient with primitive neuroectodermal tumor presenting as a subcutaneous tumor on the right buttock, which was initially diagnosed as neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin. Subsequently, local recurrence and metastatic spread to the lung occurred. The tumor was resistant to highly aggressive chemotherapy. The patient died 6 months later with severe pulmonary and lymph node involvement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Buttocks
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / secondary
  • Ectoderm*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology