Adenocarcinoma Arising in a Duplication of the Cecum

Intestinal duplications are rare developmental abnormalities that may occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract. The possibility of a malignant change occurring in these duplications is very low. We present a case of adenocarcinoma arising in a duplication of the cecum. A 41-year-old male patient...

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Autores principales: Jung, Kyong-Hee, Jang, Se-Min, Joo, Yong-Won, Oh, Young-Ha, Park, Young-Wook, Paik, Hong-Gyu, Choi, Jung-Hye
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3295976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22403508
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2012.27.1.103
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Sumario:Intestinal duplications are rare developmental abnormalities that may occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract. The possibility of a malignant change occurring in these duplications is very low. We present a case of adenocarcinoma arising in a duplication of the cecum. A 41-year-old male patient was admitted because of a palpable abdominal mass. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a 6-cm, peripheral wall-enhanced, round, cystic mass in the cecal area. Excision of the mesenteric mass and a right hemicolectomy was performed. Upon histologic examination, the patient was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma arising in a duplication of the cecum.

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