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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Main Authors: Aytul Ozgen, Ebru Karakaya, Nazan Bozdoğan
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Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-12-01
Series:Rare Tumors
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/5009
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spelling 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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author Aytul Ozgen
Ebru Karakaya
Nazan Bozdoğan
spellingShingle Aytul Ozgen
Ebru Karakaya
Nazan Bozdoğan
Scrotal skin metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma
Rare Tumors
rectum carcinoma, scrotal skin metastasis, treatment
author_facet Aytul Ozgen
Ebru Karakaya
Nazan Bozdoğan
author_sort Aytul Ozgen
title Scrotal skin metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma
title_short Scrotal skin metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma
title_full Scrotal skin metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma
title_fullStr Scrotal skin metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Scrotal skin metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma
title_sort scrotal skin metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma
publisher PAGEPress Publications
series Rare Tumors
issn 2036-3605
2036-3613
publishDate 2013-12-01
description 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.
topic rectum carcinoma, scrotal skin metastasis, treatment
url http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/5009
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