Rare Manifestation of Giant Molluscum Contagiosum on the Scalp in Old Age

Received February 14, 2012, Revised April 21, 2012, Accepted for publication May 4, 2012 Corresponding author: Beom Joon Kim, Department of Dermatology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, 102 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-755, Korea. Tel: 82-2-6299-1525, Fax: 82-2-823-1049, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. wall that helped the progression of the residual viable tumor along the liver surface to the skin. Adhesion between the HCC and other tissues including vessels such as the peritoneum and/or omentum after TACE has been shown in a laparoscopic study. We have presented a case of cutaneous metastasis from HCC following skin injury after TACE that was thought to be relevant to the cutaneous complication of the chemoembolization procedure. The potential cutaneous complications of TACE must be taken into consideration.