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Case Reports
. 2011 Jul;32(3):168-70.
doi: 10.4103/0971-5851.92822.

Inguinal lymph node metastasis of colon cancer

Sloane McGraw  1 , Jigisha Thakkar, Divyesh Mehta
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Case Reports

Inguinal lymph node metastasis of colon cancer

Sloane McGraw et al. Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

We present a case of adenocarcinoma of colon with unusual metastasis to inguinal lymph nodes. Our patient is a young male with bilateral inguinal lymphadenopathy, bone pains, and jaundice who presented as carcinoma of unknown primary. He was diagnosed as widely metastatic adenocarcinoma of colon for which he received chemotherapy and has had a good response to the treatment.

Keywords: Adenocarcinoma colon; carcinoma of unknown primary; inguinal lymph nodes; metastasis.

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Large soft tissue extraperitoneal mass on CT scan
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Histology of inguinal lymph node biopsy showing adenocarcinoma with central necrosis
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