Open AccessSkeletal muscle metastasis from colorectal adenocarcinoma: A literature review
Author(s) -
Nikhil Kulkarni,
Ahmed Khalil,
Shruti Bodapati
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9366
DOI - 10.4240/wjgs.v14.i7.696
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , adenocarcinoma , mesorectum , metastasis , colorectal adenocarcinoma , asymptomatic , incidence (geometry) , rectum , radiology , cancer , positron emission tomography , oncology , surgery , physics , total mesorectal excision , optics
Colorectal adenocarcinoma is the third most common cancer worldwide. It accounts for almost 10% of all cancer-related deaths. Skeletal muscle is a very unusual site for metastasis from colorectal cancers and is associated with a poor prognosis and high mortality.