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A case of small cell carcinoma of the rectum manifesting as pathologic femur neck fracture / 대한내과학회지
Korean Journal of Medicine
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: 584-588, 2002.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-209353
ABSTRACT
Small cell carcinoma of the colon and rectum is a rare primary epithelial malignancy at this location. Histologically, this tumor represents a spectrum of neuroendocrine differentiation. The neuroendocrine cancers of the colon manifest a highly aggressive behavior, even more than their adenocarcinoma counterpart of the same stage. Small cell carcinoma in the colon has early metastasis and the prognosis is extremely poor. We report a case of small cell carcinoma of the rectum manifesting as femur neck fracture during sleep.