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Resolution of Paraneoplastic Collagenous Enterocolitis after Resection of Colon Cancer

Author(s) -

Hugh James Freeman,

Ken Berean

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

canadian journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1916-7237

pISSN - 0835-7900

DOI - 10.1155/2006/893928

Subject(s) - hypoalbuminemia , medicine , enterocolitis , collagenous colitis , pathology , cancer , anemia , gastroenterology , colorectal cancer , hypoproteinemia , diarrhea , colonic cancer

A 52-year-old woman developed severe watery diarrhea, weight loss, anemia and hypoalbuminemia. A localized colon cancer was detected. Subsequently, extensive collagenous mucosal involvement of the small and large intestine was discovered. After resection of the colon cancer, her symptoms resolved. In addition, resolution of the inflammatory process occurred, including the subepithelial collagen deposits. Despite extensive small and large intestinal involvement, both clinical and histological resolution of collagenous inflammatory disease was evident. Collagenous enterocolitis is an inflammatory process that may represent a distinctive and reversible paraneoplastic phenomenon.

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