A case of transverse colon cancer with intestinal malrotation resected by laparoscopy-assisted colectomy

• Published in: Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association) Vol. 73; no. 6; pp. 1497 - 1501
• Main Authors: TOKAI, Hirotaka, MAEDA, Shigeto, NAGATA, Yasuhiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan Surgical Association 2012
• Subjects: intestinal malrotation; laparoscopic surgery; transverse colon cancer

A 79-year-old man tested positive for fecal occult blood in a medical checkup. Colonoscopy showed an elevated tumor in the transverse colon. The biopsied specimen of the tumor was pathologically diagnosed as adenocarcinoma. Barium enema and abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed that the colon...