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ArticleSkin health and disease2023

Indurated erythema of abdominal skin: An unusual presentation of metastatic endometrial carcinoma-Case report with literature review.

Dennis Niebel, Paula Kranert, Mark Berneburg, Konstantin Drexler, Maria Isabel von Eichborn, Jan Braess, Michael Allgäuer, Sigrid Karrer

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Article in Skin health and disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dennis NiebelDepartment of Dermatology University Hospital Regensburg Regensburg Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2069-0486
Paula KranertDepartment of Dermatology University Hospital Regensburg Regensburg Germany.
Mark BerneburgDepartment of Dermatology University Hospital Regensburg Regensburg Germany.
Konstantin DrexlerDepartment of Dermatology University Hospital Regensburg Regensburg Germany.
Maria Isabel von EichbornDepartment of Dermatology University Hospital Regensburg Regensburg Germany.
Jan BraessClinic for Oncology and Hematology Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder Regensburg Germany.
Michael AllgäuerClinic for Radiation Therapy Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder Regensburg Germany.
Sigrid KarrerDepartment of Dermatology University Hospital Regensburg Regensburg Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0144-3420
University Hospital Regensburg · DEKrankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carcinoma erysipelatoides (CE) is a rare clinical manifestation of cutaneous metastasis, which mimics inflammatory conditions such as erysipelas. Depending on the site of the originating tumour, unusual manifestations involving different sites of the body may occur. We herein report a case of a 60-year-old female patient with metastatic endometrial carcinoma presenting as CE of the abdominal skin and the inguinal folds. Even though the diagnosis of advanced malignancy had been established before and she was currently receiving chemotherapy (carboplatin and paclitaxel), the clinical appearance closely resembled fungal (candidal intertrigo) and consecutively bacterial (erysipelas) infection, which resulted in treatment with antimycotics and antibiotics at first. Dermatohistopathological examination of skin biopsies revealed a diffuse and nodular infiltrate of pleomorphic atypical tumour cells with strong expression of cytokeratin 7 and PAX8, also detectable within lymphatic vessels. Therapy comprised antiseptic ointments to prevent superinfection, palliative electron beam radiation and supportive care. Since there were no targetable KRAS-, NRAS- and BRAF-gene mutations, systemic therapy was switched to checkpoint inhibition (pembrolizumab) in combination with lenvatinib. The overall prognosis of cutaneous metastasis of endometrial carcinoma is dismal with most patients succumbing to disease within few months. Similarly, our patient died after 3 months due to sepsis in the course of malignant pleural effusion. We aim to highlight the possibility of unusual sites of CE and the risk of respective clinical misdiagnoses.

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PMCPMC10066756
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