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Cutaneous metastasis of colon adenocarcinoma: case report and review of the literature* * Work performed at the University of Athens Medical School, 2nd Dermatology Department, Attikon Hospital - Athens, Greece.

Metástasis cutânea de adenocarcinoma colorretal: relato de caso e revisão da literatura

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.

Adenocarcinoma; Neoplasm Metastasis; Skin neoplasms


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