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Skin Metastasis of Laryngeal Carcinoma Presenting as Multiple Eruptive Nodules

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Metastasis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) to the skin of this region is extremely rare and reported in 1–2% of cases. The cutaneous metastases of head and neck cancers often present as multiple papulonodular lesions; however, sporadic cases of solitary or multiple keratoacanthoma-like lesions are reported. We describe a rare case of cutaneous metastases of laryngeal SCC presenting as multiple eruptive keratoacanthoma-like lesions with concomitant scrofuloderma in an area of previous radiotherapy.

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  1. Skin Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Farnaz Araghi, Hamideh Moravvej & Sahar Dadkhahfar

  2. Men’s Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Alireza Fatemi

  3. Department of Pathology, Shohada-e-Tajrish Educational Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Azadeh Rakhshan

  4. School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Mohammadreza Tabary

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Araghi, F., Fatemi, A., Rakhshan, A. et al. Skin Metastasis of Laryngeal Carcinoma Presenting as Multiple Eruptive Nodules. Head and Neck Pathol 14, 1154–1157 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-020-01143-1

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