Cervical cutaneous sclerosis: the stomach is not far from the skin

Here in, we report a particular case presenting an erythematous and indurated plaque of the neck that has revealed gastric linitis plastic (GLP). An 80-year-old man presented to the Department of Dermatology in November 2015 with a 2-month history of a sclerotic inflammatory infiltration of the skin located on the anterior cervical region (Figure 1a, b) associated with a general impaired condition. Medical history revealed a partial gastrectomy for peptic ulcer 30 years ago. A punch biopsy specimen was performed, and the associated histologic findings are shown in the Figure 2a, b, c. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.