[Cutaneous metastasis of pleural mesothelioma: two cases].

Abstract

Cutaneous manifestations usually occur when the diagnosis of primitive pleural cancer has been already established. Distant cutaneous metastases are exceptional and involve with predilection the cephalic extremity. The majority of cutaneous lesions are distributed near the tumoral site and represent either a direct extension of the tumor to the thoracic wall, or a malignant seeding by diffusion of the pleural fluid at the time of the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.