Cutaneous metastasis of colon adenocarcinoma: case report and review of the literature
Skin metastases from colorectal carcinoma are rare and signal advanced disease. We present a case of an 80-year-old male with a large skin metastatic focus in the lower abdomen, a year after resection of a colonic adenocarcinoma. The patient had already finished receiving his first cycle of chemotherapy shortly before the discovery of the abdominal nodules and at the same period a chest X-ray, revealed shadows at the base of the right lung.
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia
2013
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962013000800056 |
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Summary: | Skin metastases from colorectal carcinoma are rare and signal advanced disease. We present a case of an 80-year-old male with a large skin metastatic focus in the lower abdomen, a year after resection of a colonic adenocarcinoma. The patient had already finished receiving his first cycle of chemotherapy shortly before the discovery of the abdominal nodules and at the same period a chest X-ray, revealed shadows at the base of the right lung. |
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