A case of soft tissue mesenchymal chondrosarcoma metastatic to skin, clinically mimicking keratoacanthoma

Am J Dermatopathol. 1999 Aug;21(4):392-4. doi: 10.1097/00000372-199908000-00016.

Abstract

We report the first case of metastatic involvement of the skin by a soft tissue mesenchymal chondrosarcoma (MS). A 64-year-old man presented 15 months after resection of a 7.0 cm MS from his left forearm with a rapidly growing, erythematous nodule on the left side of the upper lip. The lesion was clinically interpreted as a keratoacanthoma. The histologic appearance was identical to that of the soft tissue MS; an immunohistochemical stain for CD99 was positive. Lung and bone metastases were subsequently documented. Our case expands the differential diagnosis of malignancies with cartilaginous differentiation that can involve the skin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 12E7 Antigen
  • Antigens, CD / analysis
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules / analysis
  • Chondrosarcoma, Mesenchymal / chemistry
  • Chondrosarcoma, Mesenchymal / secondary*
  • Chondrosarcoma, Mesenchymal / therapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Keratoacanthoma / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Skin Neoplasms / chemistry
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / chemistry
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / therapy

Substances

  • 12E7 Antigen
  • Antigens, CD
  • CD99 protein, human
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules