title: Two cases with atypical metastasis in colorectal cancer: splenic and renal metastasis.
abstract: Atypical metastasis, such as splenic and renal metastasis is rare in colorectal cancer. There have been case reports of colorectal cancer patients with isolated splenic metastasis, even after years of surgery in the literature.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report two colorectal cancer cases with atypical metastasis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The first patient was a 58-year old man who had isolated splenic metastasis after 20 months of surgery. The other one was a 51-year old male patient with both lung and renal metastasis at rectal cancer diagnosis. Splenic and renal metastases have been histopathologically documented in both of them. The first patient was given chemotherapy after splenectomy. The other one had also multiple lung metastases besides renal metastasis. He received palliative chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Cebeci Hospital, Ankara University School of Medicine, 06590, Dikimevi, Ankara, Turkey. mutludogan1@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ozal
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ekinci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Utkan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Urun
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yalcin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Icli
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy