OP Contributing Member (25+ posts) Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 41 | Has anyone experienced a skin metastasis? My dads back in the hospital after being home for 2 weeks due to an infection. I brought him in as soon as he developed a fever. The ER dr didnt culture anything but admitted him due to high white blood count. Hes being treated with 3 antibiotics. I thought he would be home by mow, but they biopsied two areas on his neck of concern. He has these little pimples that are flesh colored. I really believe some of them have gone away, but the residents here saying it could be a skin Metastasis...the dr hinted that this would be quite bad if confirmed to be so. I just dont understand... how does this happen? Whats the treatment and prognosis? I can't even find anything online to see what it would look like. Any help would be beneficial . Weve been through the ringer...
Caregiver to father DX:4/14 Surgery:5/14 resection, ND TX: 33 IMRT complete 9/14 Scan: 10/14, suspicious area tongue & neck. Biopsy confirmed SCC BOT 2nd Primary, right lateral tongue. 11/14: surgery partial glossectomy, pec flap, trach, NG tube, ND 12/14: debridement surgery, small area removed for clear margins 12/14: biopsy positive for SCC dermal metastasis 1/15: chemo: erbitux, taxol and carboplatin 3/15: 5FU, Erbitux 8/15: enrolled in PD-1 Immunotherapy 9/15: Heaven got a new angel <3
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