Colon carcinoma with synchronous subcutaneous and osseous metastasis: a case report.
Colon cancer usually metastasizes initially to regional lymphatics and later through the bloodstream. Hematogenous metastasis usually includes the liver, lungs, and brain. In colorectal cancer, osseous and/or subcutaneous metastasis without liver metastasis is a very uncommon event. We present here a case of colon adenocarcinoma, which synchronously metastasized to facial and other subcutaneous tissue and to bone within a short period after definitive therapy. Although such a pattern is uncommon, diagnostic biopsy for any new or suspicious lesion of the skin and bone scintigraphy for symptomatic patients should be done for patients with a colorectal cancer history.
Gaziantep University Medical Faculty, Department of Oncology, Turkey.
Celalettin
C
Camci
H Mehmet
HM
Türk
Süleyman
S
Büyükberber
Metin
M
Karakök
Mehmet
M
Koruk
Yildirim
Y
Beyazity
H Serhat
HS
Inalöz
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*