Scrotal skin metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma
Cutaneous metastases of rectal adenocarcinoma is a rare phenomenon. We present a 65 year-old man with a painless nodule on the scrotal skin. Excisional biopsy of the nodules revealed a metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma. Afterwards, the left scrotum was treated with a radiation therapy and the pa...
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doaj-art-81185d570a664de6b27d0ef3018ea6262018-09-02T14:12:28ZengPAGEPress PublicationsRare Tumors2036-36052036-36132013-12-0154e60e6010.4081/rt.2013.e602679Scrotal skin metastasis from rectum adenocarcinomaAytul Ozgen0Ebru Karakaya1Nazan Bozdoğan2Department of Radiation Oncology, Research and Education Oncology Hospital, AnkaraDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Research and Education Oncology Hospital, AnkaraDepartment of Pathology, Research and Education Oncology Hospital, AnkaraCutaneous metastases of rectal adenocarcinoma is a rare phenomenon. We present a 65 year-old man with a painless nodule on the scrotal skin. Excisional biopsy of the nodules revealed a metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma. Afterwards, the left scrotum was treated with a radiation therapy and the patient also received a salvage chemotherapy. The patient is still alive without any distant metastasis after the therapy, which was initiated 12 months ago.http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/5009rectum carcinoma, scrotal skin metastasis, treatment |
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Scrotal skin metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma |
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Scrotal skin metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma |
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Scrotal skin metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma |
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Scrotal skin metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma |
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Scrotal skin metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma |
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scrotal skin metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma |
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Cutaneous metastases of rectal adenocarcinoma is a rare phenomenon. We present a 65 year-old man with a painless nodule on the scrotal skin. Excisional biopsy of the nodules revealed a metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma. Afterwards, the left scrotum was treated with a radiation therapy and the patient also received a salvage chemotherapy. The patient is still alive without any distant metastasis after the therapy, which was initiated 12 months ago. |
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rectum carcinoma, scrotal skin metastasis, treatment |
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