Distant cutaneous metastasis of tongue squamous cell carcinoma to the foot

Key Points

• To explore the occurrence of distant cutaneous metastasis from tongue squamous cell carcinoma.
• Review of literature on oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma and distal skin metastases.
• Distant cutaneous metastases from tongue SCC are exceedingly rare.
• Incidence estimated at approximately 0.7–2.4%.
• Infra-diaphragmatic skin metastases are virtually unreported.