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Orbital Metastasis from Rectal Adenocarcinoma- Report of a Rare Case

Colorectal carcinoma is a common malignancy in India as well as in world. Inspite of its high metastasizing ability to various organs and lymph node, orbital metastasis is exceptional. Very few cases have been reported in the world literature. We report orbital metastasis in a case of moderately dif...

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Autores principales: Pal, Subrata, Bose, Kingshuk, Sharma, Abhishek, Sikdar, Mrinal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iranian Society of Pathology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5604114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28974970
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Sumario:Colorectal carcinoma is a common malignancy in India as well as in world. Inspite of its high metastasizing ability to various organs and lymph node, orbital metastasis is exceptional. Very few cases have been reported in the world literature. We report orbital metastasis in a case of moderately differentiated rectal adenocarcinoma in a 58-year male patient from India in 2015. We want to focus on the rare metastatic pathway of rectal adenocarcinoma and early diagnosis of the orbital metastasis, which can help in application of therapy to save the eyesight.