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Unusual Cutaneous Metastases From Colon Adenocarcinoma

Skin metastases from internal malignancies are rare, even more from colorectal tumours, and are usually a sign of disseminated disease with a poor prognosis. However, with increased numbers of cancer survivors, a high index of suspicion should exist during the evaluation of cutaneous lesions since i...

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Autores principales: Correia, Penélope, Correia, Joana F, Scigliano, Horácio, Nora, Mário
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8062121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33898148
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14065
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author Correia, Penélope
Correia, Joana F
Scigliano, Horácio
Nora, Mário
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description Skin metastases from internal malignancies are rare, even more from colorectal tumours, and are usually a sign of disseminated disease with a poor prognosis. However, with increased numbers of cancer survivors, a high index of suspicion should exist during the evaluation of cutaneous lesions since it can be the initial sign of disease progression or even the first sign that triggers a malignancy diagnosis, potentially improving the patient's odds. Herein, we report a case of synchronous cutaneous metastases from colon adenocarcinoma with unusual localization on the back and forearm of a 65-year-old man.
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spelling pubmed-80621212021-04-23 Unusual Cutaneous Metastases From Colon Adenocarcinoma Correia, Penélope Correia, Joana F Scigliano, Horácio Nora, Mário Cureus Dermatology Skin metastases from internal malignancies are rare, even more from colorectal tumours, and are usually a sign of disseminated disease with a poor prognosis. However, with increased numbers of cancer survivors, a high index of suspicion should exist during the evaluation of cutaneous lesions since it can be the initial sign of disease progression or even the first sign that triggers a malignancy diagnosis, potentially improving the patient's odds. Herein, we report a case of synchronous cutaneous metastases from colon adenocarcinoma with unusual localization on the back and forearm of a 65-year-old man. Cureus 2021-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8062121/ /pubmed/33898148 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14065 Text en Copyright © 2021, Correia et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Correia, Penélope
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Scigliano, Horácio
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Unusual Cutaneous Metastases From Colon Adenocarcinoma
title Unusual Cutaneous Metastases From Colon Adenocarcinoma
title_full Unusual Cutaneous Metastases From Colon Adenocarcinoma
title_fullStr Unusual Cutaneous Metastases From Colon Adenocarcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Unusual Cutaneous Metastases From Colon Adenocarcinoma
title_short Unusual Cutaneous Metastases From Colon Adenocarcinoma
title_sort unusual cutaneous metastases from colon adenocarcinoma
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8062121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33898148
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