<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Background. The temporary tracheostoma’s metastases of head and neck cancer had already been reported in the literature. So far, they had been considered as regional dissemination of the malignant disease. We report a case of temporary tracheostoma’s metastasis of carcinoma from non-head-and-neck primary site, what has not been reported in the literature, yet. Therefore, it is the first reported case of the systemic dissemination of malignant tumour into temporary tracheostoma. Case report. Fifty-four-year-old female patient, previously treated for a rectal adenocarcinoma, reported in our office with exophytic pink tissue masses around the temporary tracheostoma. The biopsy and immunohistochemistry findings were consistent with temporary tracheostoma’s metastasis of the rectal adenocarcinoma. The patient received palliative radiotherapy and died of systemic progression of the disease. Conclusions. The patients with history of primary cancer of any origin and exophytic proliferating changes around the tracheostoma require an appropriate diagnostic work-up including a biopsy. The type of treatment depends on the extent of the disease, previous therapy and general condition of the patient</abstract>

Background. The temporary tracheostoma’s metastases of head and neck cancer had already been reported in the literature. So far, they had been considered as regional dissemination of the malignant disease. We report a case of temporary tracheostoma’s metastasis of carcinoma from non-head-and-neck primary site, what has not been reported in the literature, yet. Therefore, it is the first reported case of the systemic dissemination of malignant tumour into temporary tracheostoma. Case report. Fifty-four-year-old female patient, previously treated for a rectal adenocarcinoma, reported in our office with exophytic pink tissue masses around the temporary tracheostoma. The biopsy and immunohistochemistry findings were consistent with temporary tracheostoma’s metastasis of the rectal adenocarcinoma. The patient received palliative radiotherapy and died of systemic progression of the disease. Conclusions. The patients with history of primary cancer of any origin and exophytic proliferating changes around the tracheostoma require an appropriate diagnostic work-up including a biopsy. The type of treatment depends on the extent of the disease, previous therapy and general condition of the patient

Distant metastasis of rectal adenocarcinoma in a temporary tracheostoma

University Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Ljubljana, Slovenia robert_sifrer@hotmail.com

Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia

University Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, General Hospital Novo mesto, Slovenia

Radiology and Oncology

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Background. The temporary tracheostoma’s metastases of head and neck cancer had already been reported in the literature. So far, they had been considered as...

Distant metastasis of rectal adenocarcinoma in a temporary tracheostoma

Published Online: Nov 05, 2014

Page range: 393 - 396

Received: Jun 22, 2013

Accepted: Jul 02, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2013-0079

Keywords
temporary tracheostoma, distant metastasis, rectal adenocarcinoma

© by Robert Sifrer

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Distant metastasis of rectal adenocarcinoma in a temporary tracheostoma

Published Online: Nov 05, 2014

Page range: 393 - 396

Received: Jun 22, 2013

Accepted: Jul 02, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2013-0079

Keywordstemporary tracheostoma, distant metastasis, rectal adenocarcinoma

© by Robert Sifrer

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
temporary tracheostoma, distant metastasis, rectal adenocarcinoma