Pulmonary adenocarcinoma revealed by a skin metastasis : case report

The frequency of cutaneous metastasis is estimated at 4% of visceral cancers. They are rarely indicative of extra-dermatologic cancers, however, recognizing a cutaneous metastasis or paraneoplastic dermatosis can be of great diagnostic and / or prognostic value. We report a 51 year old patient presented with cutaneous metastasis indicative of a pulmonary adenocarcinoma. She received radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy without remission and died after five months.