Open AccessSignet Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Colon Radiologically Stimulating Ileocecal Tuberculosis
Author(s) -
WC Peter Kwan,
Freeman Hj
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-7237
pISSN - 0835-7900
DOI - 10.1155/1992/656898
Subject(s) - ascending colon , medicine , ileocecal valve , signet ring cell carcinoma , abdomen , lymph , ileum , pathology , gastroenterology , radiology , adenocarcinoma , cancer
A 65-year-old East Indian woman with episodic vomiting and anemia had radiological evaluations showing calcified lymph nodes in the abdomen and chest, with narrowing of the ileocecal valve and ascending colon suggesting the possibility of ileoccal tuberculosis. Evaluations subsequently proved this to be a signet ring cell carcinoma of the colon with infiltration of the terminal ileum
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