Colorectal Cancer with Uncommon Metastatic Spread

The prevalence of bone metastases from colorectal cancer (CRC) is quite low and the presence of isolated osseous metastases at the time of diagnosis or the onset of bone metastases without other organ involvement during follow-up is even lower. Here, we present an interesting case of diffuse skeleta...

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Published inWorld journal of nuclear medicine Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 219 - 221
Main Authors Dellavedova, Luca, Calcagno, Anna, Roncoroni, Lucia, Maffioli, Lorenzo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published A-12, 2nd Floor, Sector 2, Noida-201301 UP, India Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd 01.09.2015
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
Subjects
Cancer metastasis
Cancer therapies
Case Report
Chemotherapy
Colorectal cancer
Diagnosis
Metastasis
Tomography
positron emission tomography-computed tomography
Bone metastasis
colorectal cancer
comorbidity
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Summary:The prevalence of bone metastases from colorectal cancer (CRC) is quite low and the presence of isolated osseous metastases at the time of diagnosis or the onset of bone metastases without other organ involvement during follow-up is even lower. Here, we present an interesting case of diffuse skeletal metastases from CRC in which both the atypical presentation of the metastatic spread and the presence of infective comorbidities created some troubles in getting the final diagnosis.
ISSN:1450-1147
1607-3312
DOI:10.4103/1450-1147.161726