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Review
. 2019 Jul-Aug;33(4):1347-1353.
doi: 10.21873/invivo.11610.

Successful Treatment of Anal Canal Cancer Metastasis to the Cranial Bones: A Case Report and Literature Review

Ilaria Benevento  1 , Francesca DE Felice  2 , Nadia Bulzonetti  1 , Rossella Caiazzo  1 , Raffaele Cassese  1 , Daniela Musio  1 , Vincenzo Tombolini  1
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Successful Treatment of Anal Canal Cancer Metastasis to the Cranial Bones: A Case Report and Literature Review

Ilaria Benevento et al. In Vivo. 2019 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Single metastasis to the cranial bone represents a very uncommon occurrence that can arise from an anal canal cancer. No cases of cranial bone metastasis from anal canal carcinoma are available in the literature. Herein, we present a case of a unique metastatic lesion to the right parietal bone that occurred after curative chemoradiotherapy of primary squamous cell anal canal carcinoma. The patient received radiotherapy and systemic platinum-based chemotherapy, with optimal local control, high compliance and a well tolerable level of toxicity.

Keywords: Anal canal carcinoma; bone metastasis; calvarial; chemotherapy; hypofractionated; radiotherapy; survival.

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Conflict of interest statement

All Authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this study.

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Figure 1. Computed tomography images of the right parietal bone metastasis before (left) and after (right) local radiation therapy.
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