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| Year : 2006 | Volume
: 43
| Issue : 2 | Page : 93-95 |
Unusual metastasis in colorectal cancer
VSS Attili1, C Rama Chandra2, HK Dadhich1, TP Sahoo1, G Anupama1, PP Bapsy1
1 Departments of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
2 Departments of Surgical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
VSS Attili
Departments of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.25891
Metastasis from colorectal carcinoma occurs by either lymphatic or hematogenous spread. The most common sites of colorectal metastasis are the liver and lung. Involvement of the skin, muscles and bones are quite rare. The prognosis in such patients is usually poor. Herewith, we are reporting a case of colonic carcinoma who had cutaneous metastasis, muscular involvement and diffuse skeletal metastasis. At the end, she had brain metastasis, but liver and lung involvement was not observed till the end.
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