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Skin metastases are infrequent manifestations of solid tumours. However, it is important to recognise them since they may be the first evidence of a neoplasia, or a sing of tumour progression or recurrence. Skin metastases from gastric adenocarcinomas are particularly rare, and represent 6% of the total in males and 1% in females. We report, here, the case of a patient diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma with extensive subcutaneous infiltration of the abdominal wall, resulting in an abdominal cuirass.
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Cobo, S.LT., Antón, F.M., Sastre, J. et al. Cuirasse skin metastases secondary to gastric adenocarcinoma. Clin Transl Oncol 7, 213–215 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02712819
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