Title |
Atypical presentation of colon adenocarcinoma: a case report
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Published in |
Journal of Medical Case Reports, February 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1752-1947-6-58 |
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Authors |
Lynnette K Tumwine, Magid Kagimu, Ponsiano Ocama, Innocent Segamwenge, Noah Masiira-Mukasa, Dan Wamala, Otto Dworak, Christopher K Opio |
Abstract |
Adenocarcinoma of the colon is the most common histopathological type of colorectal cancer. In Western Europe and the United States, it is the third most common type and accounts for 98% of cancers of the large intestine. In Uganda, as elsewhere in Africa, the majority of patients are elderly (at least 60 years old). However, more recently, it has been observed that younger patients (less than 40 years of age) are presenting with the disease. There is also an increase in its incidence and most patients present late, possibly because of the lack of a comprehensive national screening and preventive health-care program. We describe the clinicopathological features of colorectal carcinoma in the case of a young man in Kampala, Uganda. |
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