Zosteriform metastases in melanoma

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1995 May;32(5 Pt 2):854-7. doi: 10.1016/0190-9622(95)91546-x.

Abstract

Zosteriform metastasis is a rare form of tumor spread to the skin that most often arises from an internal carcinoma or a hematologic malignancy. We describe a 29-year-old woman with malignant melanoma of the back in whom zosteriform metastases developed along the fifth thoracic dermatome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Herpes Zoster / pathology
  • Humans
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Melanoma / secondary*
  • Skin / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary*