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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2011; 32(03): 168-170
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5851.92822
CASE REPORT

Inguinal lymph node metastasis of colon cancer

Sloane McGraw
Department of Medical Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
,
Jigisha Thakkar
Department of Medical Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
,
Divyesh Mehta
Department of Medical Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
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Abstract

We present a case of adenocarcinoma of colon with unusual metastasis to inguinal lymph nodes. Our patient is a young male with bilateral inguinal lymphadenopathy, bone pains, and jaundice who presented as carcinoma of unknown primary. He was diagnosed as widely metastatic adenocarcinoma of colon for which he received chemotherapy and has had a good response to the treatment.

Keywords

Adenocarcinoma colon - carcinoma of unknown primary - inguinal lymph nodes - metastasis


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Article published online:
06 August 2021

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