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Review
. 2013 Nov-Dec;88(6 Suppl 1):56-8.
doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132441.

Cutaneous metastasis of colon adenocarcinoma: case report and review of the literature

Ioannis Nesseris  1 , Charalambos Tsamakis  2 , Stamatis Gregoriou  3 , Ilias Ditsos  3 , Eleftheria Christofidou  1 , Dimitris Rigopoulos  4
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Cutaneous metastasis of colon adenocarcinoma: case report and review of the literature

Ioannis Nesseris et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2013 Nov-Dec.

Abstract
in English, Portuguese

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.

Metástases cutáneas provocadas por carcinoma colorretal são raras e sinalizam doença avançada. Apresentamos o caso de um homem de 80 anos com um grande foco metastático na pele do baixo abdômen, um ano após a ressecção de um adenocarcinoma do cólon. O paciente já havia acabado de receber o seu primeiro ciclo de quimioterapia pouco antes da descoberta dos nódulos abdominais e, no mesmo período, um raio-X do tórax revelou sombras na base do pulmão direito.

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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Multinodular lesion with satellite nodules on an erythematous base, measuring 19X8.5x2 cm, on the abdominal skin.
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Histologic section of metastatic foci of the skin: irregular branching and cribriform glands with pseudostratified columnar epithelium; luminal mucus and inflammatory cells. H&E x40
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Histologic section of metastatic foci of the skin: irregular branching and cribriform glands with pseudostratified columnar epithelium; luminal mucus and inflammatory cells. H&E x40
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