Adelmo Gubitosi, Giancarlo Moccia, Francesca Antonella Malinconico, Francesco Gilio, Giovanni Iside, Umberto G A Califano, Fabrizio Foroni, Roberto Ruggiero, Giovanni Docimo, Domenico Parmeggiani, Massimo Agresti
Usually, left colon cancer metastasis concerns liver, abdominal lymph nodes and lungs. Other localizations are quite rare occurrences. In spite of this, some uncommon metastasis sites are reported in literature, such as: peritoneum, ovaries, uterus, kidney testis, bones, thyroid, oral cavity and central nervous system. We report two cases of unusual localizations of left colon cancer metastasis localization, one into the retroperitoneal space and the other at the left axillary lynphnodes and between liver and pancreas...
April 2009: Acta Bio-medica: Atenei Parmensis