Letter to the Editor RE: ‘Laparoscopic resection of sigmoid colon cancer with intestinal malrotation: A case report’

• No established causative link between intestinal malrotation and colorectal cancer. • Chronic inflammation known to increase risk of colorectal cancer. • Intestinal malrotation in adults often presents as intermittent bowel obstruction. • Intermittent bowel obstruction has been linked to chronic i...

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Autores principales: Edmunds, Matthew, Flaherty, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5415545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28472727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.04.007
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description • No established causative link between intestinal malrotation and colorectal cancer. • Chronic inflammation known to increase risk of colorectal cancer. • Intestinal malrotation in adults often presents as intermittent bowel obstruction. • Intermittent bowel obstruction has been linked to chronic inflammation. • We hypothesise that intestinal malrotation is a risk factor for colorectal cancer.
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spelling pubmed-54155452017-05-10 Letter to the Editor RE: ‘Laparoscopic resection of sigmoid colon cancer with intestinal malrotation: A case report’ Edmunds, Matthew Flaherty, David Int J Surg Case Rep Letter to the Editor • No established causative link between intestinal malrotation and colorectal cancer. • Chronic inflammation known to increase risk of colorectal cancer. • Intestinal malrotation in adults often presents as intermittent bowel obstruction. • Intermittent bowel obstruction has been linked to chronic inflammation. • We hypothesise that intestinal malrotation is a risk factor for colorectal cancer. Elsevier 2017-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5415545/ /pubmed/28472727 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.04.007 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Letter to the Editor RE: ‘Laparoscopic resection of sigmoid colon cancer with intestinal malrotation: A case report’
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5415545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28472727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.04.007
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