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| Dorcas C Morgan1, Natalie Berger2, Konstantin Zakashansky3 | ||||||
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1MD, Director of REI and GYN, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
2MD, Medical Student, Saint Georges University School of Medicine, St. Georges, Grenada. 3MD, Director GYN Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA. | ||||||
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| Morgan DC, Berger N, Zakashansky K. A case of colon cancer recurrence in the uterus. Int J Case Rep Images 2014;5(8):538–541. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Findings of colon cancer metastases in the uterus are rare. In this case report, an isolated recurrence of colon cancer in the uterus that originated in the transverse colon has been described. It was initially thought to be a uterine leiomyoma on positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) scan.
Case Report: A 66-year-old woman with a known history of colon carcinoma presented with increasing carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels six months after resection of primary adenocarcinoma of the transverse colon. Two inconclusive PET/CT scans were performed over two years in an effort to identify disease. Carcinoembryonic antigen continued to rise. Two years after the initial rise in CEA, a hypermetabolic area in the uterus, initially thought to be a uterine leiomyoma, was deemed suspicious on PET/CT scan. Total laparoscopic hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic adenocarcinoma of colonic origin in the uterine serosa, myometrium and endometrium. Conclusion: Approximately, 200 cases of extragenital primaries with metastasis to the female genital tract have been described. Of those, breast is the most commonly seen followed by colon cancer. While colon cancer is known to metastasize to the ovaries, metastatic spread to the uterus is possible as well. Therefore, all postmenopausal women undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer should be counseled regarding possible metastatic disease in the ovaries and/or uterus and should consider removal of these organs at the time of the initial surgery for staging of disease. | |
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Keywords:
Colon cancer, Postmenopausal women, Uterus, Uterine leiomyoma
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Author Contributions
Dorcas C Morgan – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Natalie Berger – Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published Konstantin Zakashansky – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Conflict of interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright
© 2014 Dorcas C Morgan et al. This article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and original publisher are properly credited. Please see the copyright policy on the journal website for more information. |
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