Hematochezia due to Caecal Angiodysplazia led to Diagnosis of a Transverse Colon Cancer in a Young Female Patient: Case Report and Literature Review

We present an unusual case of a caecal angiodysplasia whose bleeding determined the discovery of a mid-transverse colon cancer in a 26 years old female patient. After the initial successful angiographic treatment of the caecal lesion the patient underwent laparoscopic - assisted transverse colectomy...

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Published inChirurgia (Bucharest, Romania : 1990) Vol. 110; no. 4; pp. 387 - 390
Main Authors Andrei, G N, Popa, B, Popiel, M, Diaconescu, B I, Martian, B V, Beuran, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Romania 01.07.2015
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Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous - complications
Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous - surgery
Adult
Cecum - pathology
Cecum - surgery
Colectomy
Colon, Transverse - pathology
Colon, Transverse - surgery
Colonic Neoplasms - complications
Colonic Neoplasms - surgery
Female
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - etiology
Humans
Neoplasm Staging
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:We present an unusual case of a caecal angiodysplasia whose bleeding determined the discovery of a mid-transverse colon cancer in a 26 years old female patient. After the initial successful angiographic treatment of the caecal lesion the patient underwent laparoscopic - assisted transverse colectomy. The postoperative evolution was favorable, without resumption of bleeding episodes and rapid social reintegration. The histopathology revealed mucinous adenocarcinoma that penetrates the visceral serous with 7 lymph nodes invasion of 18 examined. As a result of the advanced stage, pT4aN2bM0 - stage IIIC, the life expectancy at 5 years is between 30 to 50%.
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ISSN:1221-9118