TY - JOUR
T1 - Localized limb cutaneous metastases
AU - Helm, Klaus
AU - Billingsley, Elizabeth
AU - Zangwill, Bruce C.
AU - Schwartz, Robert A.
PY - 1998/4/1
Y1 - 1998/4/1
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.
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U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199804)67:4<261::AID-JSO10>3.0.CO;2-3
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199804)67:4<261::AID-JSO10>3.0.CO;2-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 9579375
AN - SCOPUS:0031965905
SN - 0022-4790
VL - 67
SP - 261
EP - 264
JO - Journal of Surgical Oncology
JF - Journal of Surgical Oncology
IS - 4
ER -