Colonic carcinoma: a case report in a child and review literature.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-45701
ABSTRACT
This article reports one case of child colonic carcinoma. This is a rare disease in children which usually occurs in predisposing conditions, e.g. ulcerative colitis, familial polyposis coli, Gardner's syndrome, Turcot's syndrome and Peutz-Jegher's syndrome. The patient in this report was 12 years old. He presented with chronic intermittent colicky abdominal pain and uncorrectable iron deficiency anemia for 7 months prior to definite diagnosis. This report also reviews the literature about colorectal carcinoma in children. Physicians can make an early diagnosis with a high index of suspicion if they cannot explain clearly what causes abdominal pain. Further investigations should be performed, thereby, avoiding delayed diagnosis and improving survival rate.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Biopsy, Needle
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Humans
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Male
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Adenocarcinoma
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Abdominal Pain
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Child
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Follow-Up Studies
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Colectomy
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Colonic Neoplasms
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Fluorouracil
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Screening study
Language:
English
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
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