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Adenocarcinoma of the colon presenting as bone metastases of unknown primary- A case report
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The liver and lung are the usual sites of distant metastasis from colorectal tumours. Bone metastasis in patients with colorectal carcinoma is considered extremely rare. It often signifies the terminal phase of colon carcinoma with a median survival of less than ten months. High index of suspicion is required, and the possibility or risk of osseous metastases arising from primary lesion in the colon should be borne in mind when assessing bony lesions that present initially as metastasis of unknown origin. We present a case of adenocarcinoma of the colon which remained undiagnosed until patient reported with a pathological fracture of the humerus and paraparesis
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