Skin metastasis is a complication rarely seen after curative resection for colorectal cancer and chemotherapy. The article describes a metachronous case of skin metastasis after curative resection. This article is presented to illustrate that genetic and molecular profiling of carcinoma is a must for diagnosis of aggressive biological behavior and that skin metastasis is usually a harbinger of adverse outcome.
Isolated gastric rupture due to blunt trauma is an extremely rare entity in traumatology where the diagnosis can be extremely uncertain. Patients may be lulled into a false sense of security and present late which can be detrimental. Expedient treatment is life saving in this condition which can associated with high morbidity and mortality. We wish to present an interesting case of isolated gastric rupture in an adolescent with a late presentation to the trauma service due to the innocuous nature of the initial injury implying the importance of early time to intervention in their management.
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