Knee Pain as an Initial Symptom of Colon Cancer.
- Author:
Yul hee CHO
1
;
Min Ok JANG
;
Hee Seon KWON
;
Yoon Ho KO
;
Jin Hyoung KANG
;
Young Seon HONG
;
Myung Ah LEE
Author Information
1. Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. angelamd@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Rectal cancer;
Tibia;
Metastasis
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Colon;
Colonic Neoplasms;
Colorectal Neoplasms;
Female;
Humans;
Knee;
Korea;
Middle Aged;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Rectal Neoplasms;
Tibia
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2011;80(3):352-355
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Knee pain is rarely an initial symptom of colon cancer, because most bone metastases develop in the late stage of cancer. Therefore, patients with colorectal cancer usually present with gastrointestinal symptoms. Recently, we experienced a 46-year-old female with rectal cancer that presented as knee pain due to tibial metastasis without other organ metastasis. She was evaluated for knee pain and diagnosed with a rectal cancer after biopsies of the tibial and rectal masses. We report the first such case in Korea with a review of the literature.
