Ulcerative cutaneous lesions synchronously present with the diagnosis of primary lung cancer

Khaldoon Shaheen; Abdul Hamid Alraiyes; Motaz Baibars; Ama Paintsil; M Chadi Alraies

doi:10.1155/2013/136564

Ulcerative cutaneous lesions synchronously present with the diagnosis of primary lung cancer

Case Rep Med. 2013:2013:136564. doi: 10.1155/2013/136564. Epub 2013 Mar 7.

Authors

Khaldoon Shaheen¹, Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, Motaz Baibars, Ama Paintsil, M Chadi Alraies

Affiliation

¹ Department of Hospital Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.

Abstract

The percentage of patients with lung cancer that develop skin metastases is low. The diagnosis is usually made using clinical information and skin biopsy in patients with suspicious skin lesions and history of smoking or lung cancer. The prognosis for patients having lung cancer with skin metastasis is very poor. We describe findings in a 70-year-old man with lung cancer with skin metastases. Interestingly, multiple skin lesions were the first manifestation of the underlying lung cancer. The prognosis for patients having lung cancer with skin metastasis is thus very poor.