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Carcinoma Erysipelatoides

Donald E. Hazelrigg, MD; Andrew H. Rudolph, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1977;113(1):69-70.

Abstract
• A patient with pulmonary adenocarcinoma had an erythematous inflammatory lesion resembling erysipelas on the chest wall. Results of a skin biopsy disclosed groups of metastatic adenocarcinoma cells in the dermis, subcutaneous tissue, and lumina of the lymphatic vessels.

The diagnosis of inflammatory metastatic carcinoma should be considered in any persistent and therapeutically unresponsive skin eruption that resembles an infectious process. Careful attention to the clinical features, lack of febrile response, and absence of leukocytosis should assist in making the correct diagnosis of a noninfectious process.

(Arch Dermatol 113:69-70, 1977)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine and the Dermatology Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Houston, Tex.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 20, 1975.

Reprints not available.

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