Abstract
We report a case of zosteriform and epidermotropic metastasis of a cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) . A 72-year-old woman noticed multiple crustic and red papules with zosteriform distribution on the right L1-L3 dermatomes. She had been excised a SCC on the right knee and been dissected right inguinal lymph nodes two years before.
The histopathological diagnosis of the papules on the right thigh and hip regions was epidermotropic metastasis of SCC. There were no other metastases, with an exception of left inguinal lymph node metastasis. Multiagent-combinationchemotherapy and radiation therapy were performed on the cutaneous metastatic lesions.
Only a few cases of zosteriform and/or epidermotropic metastases of cutaneous SCC have ever been reported. [Skin Cancer (Japan) 2000; 15: 262-265]
