Cutaneous metastases of signet-ring cell colorectal adenocarcinoma

Colorectal cancer is a common malignancy in our clinical practice and it often evolves to a metastatic stage. Cutaneous dissemination, however, is a rare form of presentation of this disease. This study reports the case of a 38-year-old female patient that, even after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, prese...

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Published in:Journal of Coloproctology 2012-09, Vol.32 (3), p.301-303
Main Authors: Rodrigues, André Petter, Pereira, Gustavo Becker, Schlindwein, Rafael Felix, Cruz, José Vinícius, Furquim, Lucas Cogo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adenocarcinoma
colorectal neoplasm
colorectal neoplasms
câncer colorretal
GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
metástase neoplásica
neoplasias colorretais
neoplastic metastasis
SURGERY
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Summary:Colorectal cancer is a common malignancy in our clinical practice and it often evolves to a metastatic stage. Cutaneous dissemination, however, is a rare form of presentation of this disease. This study reports the case of a 38-year-old female patient that, even after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, presented cutaneous metastases of signet-ring cell colorectal adenocarcinoma. The malignancy proved to be extremely aggressive, without response to clinical therapy nor allowing surgical management, leading the patient to death about six months after the diagnosis.
ISSN:2317-6423
2237-9363
2317-6423
DOI:10.1590/S2237-93632012000300014