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Unusual presentations of carcinoma of the right colon
Author(s) -
Freeman Harold P.,
Oluwole Soji F.,
Ganepola G. A. P.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197910)44:4<1533::aid-cncr2820440454>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph , malignancy , colorectal cancer , abscess , fistula , colonic carcinoma , carcinoma , mesenteric lymph nodes , resection , cancer , surgery , radiology , general surgery , pathology , spleen
Two unusual presentations of carcinoma of the right colon are described. One of the two patients presented with a right gluteal abscess and the other presented with a colocutaneous fistula to the anterior abdominal wall at the site of a previous appendectomy scar. Despite extensive local tumor invasion of adjacent structures in both cases, all the regional lymph nodes were free of cancer and the tumors were of low‐grade malignancy. A review of the literature indicates that bulky colonic tumors with extensive local invasion and negative mesenteric lymph nodes have a relatively good prognosis if adequate resection is performed.