Colonic cancer invading appendicectomy incision: a case report and literature review
I. Uchendu, A. Hotouras, S. Jonalagadda, K. Osman, A. Mandal and D. Mathur
Corresponding address:
Dr Alex Hotouras, Department of General Surgery,
Grantham and District Hospital, Grantham, Lincs, UK.
E-mail: alex007@doctors.org.uk
We report the case of a 62-year-old man who presented with puckering and tethering of his appendicectomy scar; he was found to have an underlying caecal carcinoma. We review the literature regarding this uncommon presentation of caecal cancer.
Keywords
Caecal carcinoma; appendicectomy; cutaneous metastases.
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