A case report of neck, chest and upper limb cutaneous metastasis from synchronous colorectal cancer
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.14.021
- Author:
Jian WANG
1
;
Yu-Qian SHI
;
Zhi-Yong WU
Author Information
1. Division of General Surgery,Ren Ji Hospital,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,Shanghai 200001,China
- Keywords:
colorectal cancer;
cutaneous metastasis
- From:
Chinese Medical Journal
2009;122(14):1716-1717
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Cutaneous metastasis from colorectal carcinoma is uncommon, occurring in less than 4% of the whole patients.' The most frequently involved are incision scar or abdominal skin,24 while cutaneous metastasis to neck and chest is very rare. We hereby report a case of synchronous, postoperative cutaneous metastasis from colorectal carcinoma to neck, upper limb and chest skin, which were confirmed by biopsy.
