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Tumor-to-tumor metastases in Cowden's disease: an autopsy case report and review of the literature.
Diagnostic pathology - 17 Sept 2015
Matsumoto Karen, Nosaka Kanae, Shiomi Tatsushi, Matsuoka Yuki, Umekita Yoshihisa
Abstract excerpt
Tumor-to-tumor metastasis is a rare phenomenon, but it has been suggested to be more frequent in patients with hereditary cancer syndrome. We report an autopsy case of tumor-to-tumor metastasis in a 75-year-old male. At 6 months before his death, the patient complained of hoarseness and dysphagia, and clinical whole-body examinations revealed advanced lung adenocarcinoma (T4N2M1b, Stage IV), multiple skin...
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