Brief Reports
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2012.e9

Zosteriform metastases from colon carcinoma: an unusual pattern

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Received: 29 October 2011
Accepted: 1 December 2011
Published: 18 December 2012
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cutaneous metastases, zosteriform, skin-homing mechanisms

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Paula Maio
paulamaio@gmail.com
Department of Dermalology and Venereology, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisbon, Portugal.
Cristina Amaro
Department of Dermalology and Venereology, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisbon, Portugal.
Ana Rodrigues
Department of Dermalology and Venereology, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisbon, Portugal.
Adelaide Milheiro
Department of Pathology, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisbon, Portugal.
Jorge Cardoso
Department of Dermalology and Venereology, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisbon, Portugal.
Cutaneous metastases of internal malignancies occur infrequently and the zosteriform spread of the skin lesions represents a rare entity. We report here a case of cutaneous metastases from a colon carcinoma clinically mimicked Herpes varicella-zoster. The literature is also reviewed.

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Maio P, Amaro C, Rodrigues A, Milheiro A, Cardoso J. Zosteriform metastases from colon carcinoma: an unusual pattern. Dermatol Reports [Internet]. 2012 Dec. 18 [cited 2026 Apr. 18];4(1):e9. Available from: https://journals.pagepress.net/dr/article/view/dr.2012.e9