title: Cutaneous metastasis of colon adenocarcinoma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Andreas Sygros Hospital, Pathology Department, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nesseris
authors.affiliation: Attikon Hospital, Xaidari, Greece.
authors.forename: Charalambos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tsamakis
authors.affiliation: University of Athens Medical School, Attikon Hospital, Dermatology Department, Xaidari, Greece.
authors.forename: Stamatis
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gregoriou
authors.affiliation: University of Athens Medical School, Attikon Hospital, Dermatology Department, Xaidari, Greece.
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ditsos
authors.affiliation: Andreas Sygros Hospital, Pathology Department, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Eleftheria
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Christofidou
authors.affiliation: AdHoc University of Athens, Attikon Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Xaidari, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rigopoulos
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000556:secondary*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*