Korean J Med.
2011 Mar;80(3):352-355.
Knee Pain as an Initial Symptom of Colon Cancer
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- 1Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. angelamd@catholic.ac.kr
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- Knee pain is rarely an initial symptom of colon cancer, because most bone metastases develop in the late stage of cancer. Therefore, patients with colorectal cancer usually present with gastrointestinal symptoms. Recently, we experienced a 46-year-old female with rectal cancer that presented as knee pain due to tibial metastasis without other organ metastasis. She was evaluated for knee pain and diagnosed with a rectal cancer after biopsies of the tibial and rectal masses. We report the first such case in Korea with a review of the literature.
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