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Lucke-Wold B, Bonasso PC, Cassim R. Primary colon adenocarcinoma with metastatic disease to the rectum followed by the left axilla. Am Med Stud Res J. 2017;4(1):57-61doi: 10.15422/amsrj.2017.03.009.
Lucke-Wold, B., Bonasso, P. C., & Cassim, R. (2017). Primary colon adenocarcinoma with metastatic disease to the rectum followed by the left axilla. American medical student research journal, 4(1), 57-61. https://doi.org/10.15422/amsrj.2017.03.009
Lucke-Wold, Brandon, et al. "Primary colon adenocarcinoma with metastatic disease to the rectum followed by the left axilla." American medical student research journal vol. 4,1 (2017): 57-61. doi: https://doi.org/10.15422/amsrj.2017.03.009
Lucke-Wold B, Bonasso PC, Cassim R. Primary colon adenocarcinoma with metastatic disease to the rectum followed by the left axilla. Am Med Stud Res J. 2017;4(1):57-61. doi: 10.15422/amsrj.2017.03.009. PMID: 28393107; PMCID: PMC5380366.
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Am Med Stud Res J. 2017;4(1):57-61. doi: 10.15422/amsrj.2017.03.009.

Primary colon adenocarcinoma with metastatic disease to the rectum followed by the left axilla.

American medical student research journal

Brandon Lucke-Wold, Patrick C Bonasso, Riaz Cassim

Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV.
  2. Department of Surgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV.

PMID: 28393107 PMCID: PMC5380366 DOI: 10.15422/amsrj.2017.03.009

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.

Keywords: Colon adenocarincoma; axillary metastasis; dot-blot detection; lymphatic flow; rectal adenocarcinoma

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: No conflicts to disclose.

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