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Metastatic adnexal cancer in a man

Primary cutaneous adnexal neoplasms are mostly benign in nature; however, there have been reports of malignant adnexal tumors with distant metastasis to lymph nodes. Adnexal cutaneous malignancy with metastasis to the gastrointestinal tract has never been reported. Here, we present a rare case of a...

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Autores principales: Advani, Rashmi, Izzy, Manhal, Akki, Ashwin, Levine, Calley, Panarelli, Nicole, Brandt, Lawrence J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5566783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28845118
http://dx.doi.org/10.20524/aog.2017.0156
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author Advani, Rashmi
Izzy, Manhal
Akki, Ashwin
Levine, Calley
Panarelli, Nicole
Brandt, Lawrence J.
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description Primary cutaneous adnexal neoplasms are mostly benign in nature; however, there have been reports of malignant adnexal tumors with distant metastasis to lymph nodes. Adnexal cutaneous malignancy with metastasis to the gastrointestinal tract has never been reported. Here, we present a rare case of a man with primary adnexal cutaneous adenocarcinoma who presented with symptomatic anemia secondary to occult gastrointestinal bleeding, found to be from gastrointestinal metastasis of the adnexal malignancy.
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spelling pubmed-55667832017-08-25 Metastatic adnexal cancer in a man Advani, Rashmi Izzy, Manhal Akki, Ashwin Levine, Calley Panarelli, Nicole Brandt, Lawrence J. Ann Gastroenterol Case Report Primary cutaneous adnexal neoplasms are mostly benign in nature; however, there have been reports of malignant adnexal tumors with distant metastasis to lymph nodes. Adnexal cutaneous malignancy with metastasis to the gastrointestinal tract has never been reported. Here, we present a rare case of a man with primary adnexal cutaneous adenocarcinoma who presented with symptomatic anemia secondary to occult gastrointestinal bleeding, found to be from gastrointestinal metastasis of the adnexal malignancy. Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2017 2017-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5566783/ /pubmed/28845118 http://dx.doi.org/10.20524/aog.2017.0156 Text en Copyright: © Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Advani, Rashmi
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Levine, Calley
Panarelli, Nicole
Brandt, Lawrence J.
Metastatic adnexal cancer in a man
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title_fullStr Metastatic adnexal cancer in a man
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title_short Metastatic adnexal cancer in a man
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5566783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28845118
http://dx.doi.org/10.20524/aog.2017.0156
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