Brandon Lucke-Wold1, Patrick C Bonasso2, Riaz Cassim2. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV. 2. Department of Surgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Adenocarcinoma of the colon can metastasize to multiple organs but very rarely metastasizes to the axilla. CASE: We present a case of a 56-year-old male with metastatic colon adenocarcinoma that metastasized to the rectum and then the axilla. Three years after initial diagnosis and treatment of right colon mucinous adenocarcinoma a metastatic mass was found in the rectum. The mass was successfully resected, but within a year of finding the rectal mass, metastatic disease to the axilla was discovered. CONCLUSION: This case provides valuable teaching points about routes of metastasis and the importance of continued clinical follow-up in patients diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the colon.
INTRODUCTION:Adenocarcinoma of the colon can metastasize to multiple organs but very rarely metastasizes to the axilla. CASE: We present a case of a 56-year-old male with metastatic colon adenocarcinoma that metastasized to the rectum and then the axilla. Three years after initial diagnosis and treatment of right colon mucinous adenocarcinoma a metastatic mass was found in the rectum. The mass was successfully resected, but within a year of finding the rectal mass, metastatic disease to the axilla was discovered. CONCLUSION: This case provides valuable teaching points about routes of metastasis and the importance of continued clinical follow-up in patients diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the colon.