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Mucinous adenocarcinoma of rectum in an 11‐year‐old boy: A case report
Author(s) -
Agrawal Pallavi,
Rajwanshi Arvind,
Gupta Nalini,
Rao K. L. N.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.21627
Subject(s) - medicine , rectum , histopathology , adenocarcinoma , abdomen , cytology , melena , population , general surgery , radiology , pathology , cancer , surgery , environmental health
Colorectal carcinoma in pediatric population is relatively rare (<1% of all cancers in first two decades) and behaves aggressively as compared with the same in adult population. We report a case of 11‐year‐old adolescent male, who presented with pain abdomen and melena. Fine‐needle aspiration cytology from the growth in rectum revealed mucinous adenocarcinomas, which was later confirmed on histopathology. The patient also had positive peritoneal fluid cytology. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2012 © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.