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
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PAGEPress Publications 2013-12-01
Series:	Rare Tumors
Subjects:	rectum carcinoma, scrotal skin metastasis, treatment
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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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
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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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Scrotal skin metastasis from rectum adenocarcinoma

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