SKIN METASTASIS, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM MAN 83 YO HAD BEEN TREATED LUNG CANCER WITH CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION FOR 2 YEARS. ONE MONTH AGO HE DETECTED SMALL SKIN TUMOR AT LEFT TEMPORAL SCALP RAPID GROWING AND BLEEDING ( SEE PICTURE).

ULTRASOUND SCAN REPORTED THIS TUMOR BEING FROM THE SCALP NON INVASIVE TO BONE..( SEE 2 US PICTURES) AND LIVER METASTASIS ( US3)

MSCT CONFIRMED THE SCALP TUMOR NOT EROSION THE BONE, MANY METASTASIS FROM THE LUNG TUMOR TO BOTH SIDE THE LUNG , LIVER , ADRENAL GLAND.

BIOPSY OF THIS TUMOR CONFIRMED THAT METASTASIS FROM LUNG CANCER SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA..

SUMMARY: LUNG CANCER SOMETIMES METASTASIS TO SKIN OF SCALP AND NOT TO BONE.

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