An Unusual Case of Carcinoma Erysipelatoides Originating from Gastric Adenocarcinoma

Abstract

Carcinoma erysipelatoides, also known as inflammatory metastatic carcinoma, is a rare form of cutaneous metastasis. It is most commonly caused by breast carcinoma, but rarely associated with gastric adenocarcinoma. Herein, we report an unusual case of carcinoma erysipelatoides in a 55 year-old female who had been diagnosed with signet ring cell carcinoma of the stomach metastasizing to ovaries. (Ann Dermatol 23(3) 375 similar to 378, 2011)