TITLE:
Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis of Colon Cancer—Case Report and Literature Review
AUTHORS:
Helena Devesa, Luísa Pereira, Álvaro Gonçalves, Telma Brito, Teresa Almeida, Rui Torres, Alberto Midões
KEYWORDS:
Colon Cancer, Axillary Metastasis, Unusual Metastasis
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.3 No.12,
December
25,
2014
ABSTRACT: The most common metastatic sites of colon cancer are local lymph nodes, liver and lungs. Lymph node metastasis at distant sites is rare. In this article, we describe the case of a patient with ascending colon cancer with a metastasis in an axillary lymph node. The clinical presentation of this tumor was with an intestinal obstruction, and an emergency resection surgery was undertaken. The patient died at the third post-operative month, with lymph node and hepatic metastasis, and implants in the abdominal fat and in the mesentery, near the ileocolic anastomosis.