Signet-ring cells in the skin: a case of late-onset cutaneous metastasis of gastric carcinoma and a brief review of histological approach

• Main Authors: Özgür Gündüz (Author), Mehmet Can Emeksiz (Author), Pınar Atasoy (Author), Mehtap Kıdır (Author), Selim Yalçın (Author), Serkan Demirkan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: PAGEPress Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Up to 10% of patients with visceral malignancies develop skin metastases during their clinical course and these metastases constitute about 2% of all skin cancers. Skin metastasis may be the first sign of a clinically silent visceral cancer or represent recurrence of an internal malignancy. In both...