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| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2003 | Volume
: 49
| Issue : 2 | Page : 157-8 |
Colonic adenocarcinoma presenting as a cutaneous metastasis in an old operative scar.
PK Wright, MK Jha, PD Barrett, IM Bain
Departments of General Surgery and Pathology, University Hospital of North Durham, North Road, Durham, DH1 5TW, UK.
Correspondence Address:
P K Wright
Departments of General Surgery and Pathology, University Hospital of North Durham, North Road, Durham, DH1 5TW, UK.
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PMID: 12867694 
Cutaneous metastasis from colon cancer is an uncommon event that usually occurs after identification of the primary tumour and generally indicates diffuse disease. Incisional metastasis occasionally occurs following laparoscopic or open colon cancer resection. However, to the authors' knowledge only one previous case of colon cancer presenting as a cutaneous metastasis in an old operative scar has been reported. We describe a case of colon cancer presenting as a cutaneous metastasis in an old cholecystectomy scar and discuss possible pathophysiological mechanisms.
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