Fine Needle Aspiration Diagnosed Skin Metastasis in a Young Man with Rectal Cancer

Hamid Nasrolahi; Bita Geramizadeh; Leila MoaddabShoar; Seyed Hasan Hamedi; Mohammad MohammadianPanah; Shapour Omidvari; Mansour Ansari; Niloofar Ahmadloo; Ahmad Mosalaei

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Fine Needle Aspiration Diagnosed Skin Metastasis in a Young Man with Rectal Cancer

Author(s):

Hamid Nasrolahi ^1,*,

Bita Geramizadeh²,

Leila MoaddabShoar¹,

Seyed Hasan Hamedi¹,

Mohammad MohammadianPanah³,

Shapour Omidvari¹,

Mansour Ansari¹,

Niloofar Ahmadloo¹,

Ahmad Mosalaei⁴

1Department of Radiation Oncology, Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

2Department of Pathology, Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, shiraz, Iran

3Colorectal Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

4Shiraz Institute for Cancer Research, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Reports of Radiotherapy and Oncology:Vol. 1, issue 3; 123-7

Published online:Dec 01, 2013

Article type:Case Report

Received:Oct 02, 2012

Accepted:Nov 05, 2012

How to Cite:Hamid Nasrolahi Bita GeramizadehLeila MoaddabShoarSeyed Hasan HamediMohammad MohammadianPanahShapour OmidvariMansour AnsariNiloofar AhmadlooAhmad Mosalaeiet al.Fine Needle Aspiration Diagnosed Skin Metastasis in a Young Man with Rectal Cancer.Rep Radiother Oncol.1(3):e2377.

Abstract

Introduction: Although colon cancer is one of the most common human cancers, skin metastasis in this disease is rare and necessitates pathological confirmation.

Report of the case: Herein we present a 33 year old man with rectal cancer with ascites. Six cycles of Oxaliplatin based chemotherapy were given. The ascites improved. After three weeks, skin lesions appeared in the upper trunk, both chest wall and back, with extension to the anterior neck Fine Needle Aspiration from the lesions showed malignancy and second line chemotherapy was started. Although the skin lesions showed partial response, unfortunately, the patient died after the fourth chemotherapy injection.

Conclusion: Skin metastasis in colorectal cancer, although rare, is a devastating sign, and a careful dermatologic examination should be included in these patients’ follow up visits.

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