Clinicomorpholoical study of colorectal carcinoma at Lahore general hospital

Forty cases of colorectal carcinomas were studied at General Hospital / PGMI, Lahore over a period of about one year. Maximum number of cases were in 50-59 years age group, showing male preponderance. The commonest presenting complaint of these patients was pain. Mean duration of presenting complaints was 6.65 months.Mean length of resected specimens was 30.17 cm. Twenty one tumours were along the left side of large bowel. Mean tumour size was 8.6 cm. On gross examination annular type lesions were the most common. On Periodic acid Schiff staining 30 [75%] carcinomas were found to be adenocarcinomas and 10 [25%] mucinous adenocarcinomas