Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma Associated With Ulcerative Colitis

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a known risk factor for colorectal cancer, but the association between UC and appendiceal adenocarcinoma remains rare. We present a 42-year-old patient with long-standing UC who presented with acute appendicitis shortly after a routine colonoscopy. Histopathological examin...

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Autores principales: Nehme, Fredy, Schneider, Ashley, Hamid, Fadi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7145221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32309470
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000255
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description Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a known risk factor for colorectal cancer, but the association between UC and appendiceal adenocarcinoma remains rare. We present a 42-year-old patient with long-standing UC who presented with acute appendicitis shortly after a routine colonoscopy. Histopathological examination revealed moderately differentiated appendiceal adenocarcinoma. The recognition of appendiceal cancer as a complication of long-standing UC warrants increased clinical awareness.
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spelling pubmed-71452212020-04-17 Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma Associated With Ulcerative Colitis Nehme, Fredy Schneider, Ashley Hamid, Fadi ACG Case Rep J Case Report Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a known risk factor for colorectal cancer, but the association between UC and appendiceal adenocarcinoma remains rare. We present a 42-year-old patient with long-standing UC who presented with acute appendicitis shortly after a routine colonoscopy. Histopathological examination revealed moderately differentiated appendiceal adenocarcinoma. The recognition of appendiceal cancer as a complication of long-standing UC warrants increased clinical awareness. Wolters Kluwer 2019-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7145221/ /pubmed/32309470 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000255 Text en © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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title_short Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma Associated With Ulcerative Colitis
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