Author:
Yin Hongyan,Yu Haojun,Shi Hongcheng
Abstract
Abstract
A 50-year-old man with T4 N2 M1 poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the rectum underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy, surgical resection, and subsequent chemotherapy. Six months after surgery, routine follow-up CT revealed the presence of abdominal wall subcutaneous nodules associated with bilateral pulmonary and renal nodules, indicating metastases. Further 18F-FDG PET/CT scan revealed a high number of subcutaneous and muscle metastases. Metastasis of rectal adenocarcinoma to subcutaneous tissue or skeletal muscle is considered rare.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine