The solitary cutaneous metastasis of asymptomatic colon cancer to an operative scar
Tóm tắt
Although umbilical or cutaneous metastases from asymptomatic internal malignancies are occasionally documented, the literature contains no report of a solitary cutaneous metastasis to an old operative scar from an asymptomatic internal malignancy. A rare case of colonic cancer presenting as a solitary subcutaneous metastasis to a lower abdominal scar resulting from an open prostatectomy is described in this communication. It was impossible to distinguish this subcutaneous metastasis from a pyogenic granuloma caused by residual sutures without histological evidence. Thus, a granuloma that persists despite repeated treatment may be a possible sign of asymptomatic internal malignancy.
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