HomeArchiveVolume 3Volume 3, issue 1Occlusive stenosis – atypical presentation of right colon cancer
Petrişor Banu1,2, Vlad D. Constantin1,2, Ioana Păunică2, Cristian Bălălău1,2
1St. Pantelimon Emergency Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Bucharest, Romania
2Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of General Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract

Colorectal cancers are one of the most frequent malignancies worldwide. Significant differences are described in relation to the location of tumors within the colon. Thus, between right and left colon cancer there are epidemiological, clinical, genetic, evolutionary and prognostic differences.

Considering these premises, right and left colon cancers can be seen as distinct pathological entities. In right colon cancer the initial phases are often asymptomatic and the presence of symptoms is in relation to advanced phases and complications.

We report the case of a 64-year-old man with no significant medical history who was admitted and operated as an emergency for stenotic and perforated tumor of the right colon. Operative exploration revealed distended small bowel loops and caecum up to the ascending colon where a stenosing tumor is found. The tumor extends to a small bowel loop and also exhibit a perforation. Right hemicolectomy was performed, with favorable postoperative evolution and discharge on 7th day.

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Vancouver
Banu P, Constantin VD, Păunică I, Bălălău C. Occlusive stenosis - atypical presentation of right colon cancer. J Clin Investig Surg. 2018 May 25;3(1):42-46. Available from: https://www.proscholar.org/jcis/archive/vol.3/iss.1/8/ doi: 10.25083/2559.5555/31.4246
NLM
Banu P, Constantin VD, Păunică I, Bălălău C. Occlusive stenosis - atypical presentation of right colon cancer. J Clin Investig Surg. 2018 May;3(1):42-46. doi: 10.25083/2559.5555/31.4246.
AMA
Banu P, Constantin VD, Păunică I, Bălălău C. Occlusive stenosis - atypical presentation of right colon cancer. J Clin Investig Surg. 2018;3(1):42-46.
MLA
Banu, Petrişor, et al. “Occlusive stenosis - atypical presentation of right colon cancer.” Journal of Clinical and Investigative Surgery 3.1 (2018): 42-46. doi:10.25083/2559.5555/31.4246.
APA
Banu, P., Constantin, V. D., Păunică, I., & Bălălău, C. (2018). Occlusive stenosis - atypical presentation of right colon cancer. Journal of Clinical and Investigative Surgery, 3(1), 42-46.
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Banu
, Petrişor, et al. Occlusive stenosis - atypical presentation of right colon cancer. Journal of Clinical and Investigative Surgery, 2018, 3.1: 42-46.