Open AccessCOLORECTAL CARCINOMA
Author(s) -
HAMAD RANA,
SHAHID MAHMOOD,
SOSAN SHAHID,
Muhammad Miftahul Munir,
Mulazam Hussain Bukhari
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2013.20.06.1687
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , stage (stratigraphy) , adenocarcinoma , anorexia , pathological , carcinoma , presentation (obstetrics) , gastroenterology , surgery , cancer , paleontology , biology
Prognosis is excellent in colonic carcinoma in case of well differentiated growth. All efforts must be done todiagnose the malignancy at an earlier stage for a better outcome specially if it is well differentiated growth. Objectives: To compare thedifferent modes of presentation of carcinoma of large bowel in a tertiary care hospital and their association with pathological findings.Material & Methods: It is a cross sectional retrospective study. Patients with histological proof of carcinoma were included in the study.Data over the period of two year was collected and analyzed. Results: This study included one hundred patients. Mean age was 49.56years and 56 % of the patients were males. 40 % of the patients present between the ages of 40 to 60 years. Mean time of start ofsymptoms and the time of presentation in the hospital was 6.5 months ranges from 1 to 24 months. 76 % of the patients had history ofaltered bowel habits and 60% had anorexia and weight loss. 41.66% of patients had well differentiated growth while 37.55% of patientshad moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma. Conclusions: Majority of the patients with colonic carcinoma had well or moderatelydifferentiated growth. If they are diagnosed and properly treated at an early stage, outcome is good.