Adenocarcinoma and Tuberculous Lymphadenitis on the Same Site of the Sigmoid Colon: A Case Report and Literature Review / 대한소화기내시경학회지
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
; : 285-290, 2009.
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em Ko
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ABSTRACT
Inflammatory bowel disease can progress to colon cancer. However, there is not much of a causal relationship between intestinal tuberculosis and colon cancer. There have been a few case reports of intestinal tuberculosis in association with colon cancer. We experienced a 59-year-old man who had the collision-like pathology of adenocarcinoma and tuberculous lymphadenitis on the sigmoid colon. He visitied our hospital because of abdominal pain and hematochezia. Colonoscopy showed a mass on the sigmoid colon that was causing luminal obstruction. Therefore, sigmoidectomy was performed and the resected specimen revealed a collision-like appearance; the mass was composed of adenocarcinoma invading the proper muscle layer and caseating granuloma in the serosa and lymph nodes. We report here on a case of collision-like pathology that was composed of adenocarcinoma and tuberculosis on the sigmoid colon, and we review the relevant literature.
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Assunto principal:
Fenobarbital
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Membrana Serosa
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Colo Sigmoide
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Tuberculose
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Tuberculose dos Linfonodos
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Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais
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Adenocarcinoma
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Dor Abdominal
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Colonoscopia
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Neoplasias do Colo
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
Ko
Revista:
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Ano de publicação:
2009
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Article