Article: Late onset pulmonary metastasis more than 10 years after primary sigmoid carcinoma.
World journal of gastrointestinal pathophysiology
2017 Volume 8, Issue 2, Page(s) 96–99
Abstract: According to current guidelines, follow-up of patients with colorectal cancer is ended after five years. Also, chest X-ray is not part of standard investigation during follow-up. We describe a case of a 74-year-old patient, more than ten years after a ... ...
Abstract | According to current guidelines, follow-up of patients with colorectal cancer is ended after five years. Also, chest X-ray is not part of standard investigation during follow-up. We describe a case of a 74-year-old patient, more than ten years after a sigmoid resection because of carcinoma of the sigmoid. No recurrence was detected during intensive follow-up. However, ten years after resection of the sigmoid adenocarcinoma, complaints of coughing induced further examination with as result the detection of a solitary metastasis in the left lung of the patient. Within half-a-year after metastasectomy of the lung metastasis, she presented herself with thoracic pain and dyspnea resulting in discovering diffuse metastasis on pulmonary, pleural, costal and muscular level. Five year follow-up of colorectal carcinoma without chest X-ray can be questioned to be efficient. The growing knowledge of tumor biology might in future adjust the duration and frequency of diagnostic follow-up to prevent (late) recurrence in patients with colorectal carcinoma. |
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Language | English |
Publishing date | 2017-03-01 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Case Reports |
ZDB-ID | 2583474-5 |
ISSN | 2150-5330 |
ISSN | 2150-5330 |
DOI | 10.4291/wjgp.v8.i2.96 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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