Choroidal and skin metastases from colorectal canceropen access
- Authors
- Ha, Joo Young; Oh, Edward Hynseung; Jung, Moon Ki; Park, Song Ee; Kim, Ji Tak; Hwang, In Gyu
- Issue Date
- Nov-2016
- Publisher
- BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC
- Keywords
- Colon cancer; Choroid cancer; Skin cancer; Capecitabine
- Citation
- WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, v.22, no.43, pp 9650 - 9653
- Pages
- 4
- Journal Title
- WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
- Volume
- 22
- Number
- 43
- Start Page
- 9650
- End Page
- 9653
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/6441
- DOI
- 10.3748/wjg.v22.i43.9650
- ISSN
- 1007-9327
2219-2840
- Abstract
- Choroidal and skin metastasis of colon cancer is rare. In women, the frequency of cutaneous metastasis from colon cancer as the primary lesion in is 9% and skin metastasis occurs in 0.81% of all colorectal cancers. We report a patient with colonic adenocarcinoma who presented with visual disorder in her right eye and scalp pain as her initial symptoms. Contrast-enhance orbital magnetic resonance imaging with fat suppression revealed an infrabulbar mass, and skin biopsy of the posterior parietal scalp confirmed adenocarcinoma. These symptoms were diagnosed as being caused by choroidal and skin metastases of colonic adenocarcinoma. We started palliative chemotherapy with oral capecitabine (1000 mg/m(2), twice a day, on days 1-14) every 3 wk, which was effective at shrinking the brain masses and improving the visual disorder. This is the first report that capecitabine is effective at reducing a choroidal and cutaneous metastatic lesion from right-sided colorectal cancer.
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