Retrograde lymphatic spread of colonic carcinoma to the liver.
Retrograde lymphatic permeation of the liver by a malignant neoplasm is an unusual phenomenon and has apparently not been reported with colonic carcinoma. This paper presents such a case: the features of the lesion are similar to those described for other primary sites.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis