Primary linitis plastica of the entire colon in a background of ulcerative colitis: a case report

We present a case report of colorectal cancer arising in a young patient with ulcerative colitis of only 6 years duration. The pathology was unusual with extensive pancolonic involvement in a lintitis plastica fashion. This case represents a clinical example where colon cancer occurred prior to the...

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Autores principales: Feinberg, Adina E, Barnard, Maja, Feinberg, Stanley M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4336720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25649787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-014-0425-1
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description We present a case report of colorectal cancer arising in a young patient with ulcerative colitis of only 6 years duration. The pathology was unusual with extensive pancolonic involvement in a lintitis plastica fashion. This case represents a clinical example where colon cancer occurred prior to the onset of recommended screening according to guidelines regarding patients with ulcerative colitis.
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spelling pubmed-43367202015-02-23 Primary linitis plastica of the entire colon in a background of ulcerative colitis: a case report Feinberg, Adina E Barnard, Maja Feinberg, Stanley M World J Surg Oncol Case Report We present a case report of colorectal cancer arising in a young patient with ulcerative colitis of only 6 years duration. The pathology was unusual with extensive pancolonic involvement in a lintitis plastica fashion. This case represents a clinical example where colon cancer occurred prior to the onset of recommended screening according to guidelines regarding patients with ulcerative colitis. BioMed Central 2015-02-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4336720/ /pubmed/25649787 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-014-0425-1 Text en © Feinberg et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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title_full Primary linitis plastica of the entire colon in a background of ulcerative colitis: a case report
title_fullStr Primary linitis plastica of the entire colon in a background of ulcerative colitis: a case report
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title_short Primary linitis plastica of the entire colon in a background of ulcerative colitis: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4336720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25649787
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