Localized limb cutaneous metastases

TY - JOUR

T1 - Localized limb cutaneous metastases

AU - Helm, Klaus F.

AU - Billingsley, Elizabeth Y.

AU - Zangwill, Bruce C.

AU - Schwartz, Robert A.

PY - 1998/4

Y1 - 1998/4

N2 - Cutaneous metastatic disease may be evident in a variety of forms and locations. Anatomically, it may on occasion be confined as localized limb metastases. We report on two patients with localized limb metastases, one from melanoma and the other from Merkel cell carcinoma. Patients with localized limb metastasis have a poor prognosis; however, treatment options not available for generalized cutaneous metastatic disease, such as amputation or isolated limb perfusion with chemotherapeutic agents, can be at times be beneficially employed.

AB - Cutaneous metastatic disease may be evident in a variety of forms and locations. Anatomically, it may on occasion be confined as localized limb metastases. We report on two patients with localized limb metastases, one from melanoma and the other from Merkel cell carcinoma. Patients with localized limb metastasis have a poor prognosis; however, treatment options not available for generalized cutaneous metastatic disease, such as amputation or isolated limb perfusion with chemotherapeutic agents, can be at times be beneficially employed.

KW - Limb

KW - Melanoma

KW - Merkel cell carcinoma

KW - Metastases

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U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199804)67:4

DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199804)67:4

M3 - Article

C2 - 9579375

SN - 0022-4790

VL - 67

SP - 261

EP - 264

JO - Journal of Surgical Oncology

JF - Journal of Surgical Oncology

IS - 4

ER -