Brain metastasis from rectal adenocarcinoma: about a case and review of the literature

The most common primary sites for bone metastases in men are lung, prostate, kidney, thyroid or bladder. Colorectal origin is rare. Few studies have described this type of metastases; the axial skeleton or the pelvis are the most common metastasis locations. Craniofacial location is exceptional. We...

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Published in:The Pan African medical journal 2017, Vol.26, p.58-58
Main Authors: Samlali, Hamza, Bouchbika, Zineb, Bennani, Zineb, Taleb, Amina, Benchekroune, Nadia, Jouhadi, Hassan, Tawfiq, Nezha, Sahraoui, Souha, Benider, Abdellatif
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma - pathology
Adult
Bone Neoplasms - diagnosis
Bone Neoplasms - pathology
Bone Neoplasms - secondary
Humans
Male
Rectal Neoplasms - pathology
Skull Neoplasms - diagnosis
Skull Neoplasms - pathology
Skull Neoplasms - secondary
Temporal Bone - pathology
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Summary:The most common primary sites for bone metastases in men are lung, prostate, kidney, thyroid or bladder. Colorectal origin is rare. Few studies have described this type of metastases; the axial skeleton or the pelvis are the most common metastasis locations. Craniofacial location is exceptional. We here report the case of a 38 years old man treated for metastatic rectal cancer metastasized to temporal bone. He initially had undergone surgical procedure for low anterior resection, tumor was classified as pT3N0M0; 24 months after the patient had left exophthalmos revealing a temporal tumoral process. Evolution and context favoured metastasis. In conclusion, this study reporting an exceptional case of craniofacial bone metastasis from multi-metastatic colorectal cancer will enrich the scarce data reported in the literature related to bone metastases from primary colorectal cancer.
ISSN:1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2017.26.58.9826