[Skin metastasis from undifferentiated carcinoma of the nasopharynx: about a case].

Pan Afr Med J

Department of Medical oncology, International University Hospital Sheikh Khalifa, Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences, Casablanca, Morocco.

Published: December 2020

Skin metastases from undifferentiated carcinoma of the nasopharynx are a rare clinical entity with unfavorable prognosis. We here report the case of a 16-year-old patient with single scalp metastasis with rapid evolution. This occurred 6 months after the end of concomitant radiotherapy and chemotherapy for the treatment of undifferentiated carcinoma of the nasopharynx. The patient died a month after the diagnosis of the metastasis. Given their poor prognosis, skin metastases should always be suspected in patients with skin lesions after a cancer.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.35.72.16600DOI Listing

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