Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia (Aug 2016)

Single cutaneous metastasis of colon adenocarcinoma - Case report

  • Heliana Freitas de Oliveira Góes,
  • Caren dos Santos Lima,
  • Mariana Boechat de Souza,
  • Rogério Ribeiro Estrella,
  • Mônica Ali Novaes Faria,
  • Mayra Carrijo Rochael

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164122
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 91, no. 4
pp. 517 – 519

Abstract

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Abstract: Skin metastases are relatively rare and occur most often when the cancer is already advanced, invading other organs. As to location, they often seem to elect areas located close to the primary tumor, although distant sites, such as the scalp, may be affected with some frequency. We present a case of a 76-year-old woman with colon adenocarcinoma that had a single metastatic lesion on the scalp.

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