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CARCINOMA COMPLICATED BY COLITIS
Author(s) -
Payne J. E.,
Killingback M. J.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1972.tb108039.x
Subject(s) - colitis , carcinoma , sigmoid colon , colonic carcinoma , medicine , gastroenterology , inflammation , pathology , rectum
An unusual case of carcinoma of the sigmoid colon complicated by proximal ulceration and inflammation is presented. The importance of recognizing the coexistence of these lesions and the ætiology of the colitis are discussed.