A 77-year-old man had sigmoidectomy for sigmoid colon cancer. Two years later, a right hepatectomy for a liver metastasis was performed. Two years thereafter, abdominal computed tomography scanning and FDG-PET showed the right adrenal mass. Right adrenalectomy was performed with a diagnosis of solitary adrenal metastasis from sigmoid colon cancer. On pathology, adrenal metastasis was confirmed....

External-beam radiation therapy with intracavitary high-dose-rate brachytherapy is the standard treatment modality for advanced cervical cancer; however, late gastrointestinal complications are a major concern after radiotherapy. While radiation proctitis is a well-known side effect and radiation oncologists make an effort to reduce it, the sigmoid colon is often neglected as an organ at risk. ...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS The feasibility of endoscopic resection for synchronous early colon cancer after placement of self-expandable metallic stents (SEMS) for malignant colorectal obstruction is unknown. Herein we evaluated 3 cases of endoscopic resection for synchronous early colorectal cancers after SEMS placement. Patient 1 was an 82-year-old man with obstructive sigmoid colon cancer. We...

Backbround: Urethral metastatic adenocarcinoma is extremely rare. Moreover, only 9 previous cases with metastases from colorectal cancer have been reported to date, and not much information on urethral metastases from colorectum is available so far. Case presentation: We report our experience in the diagnosis and the management of the case with urethral metastasis from a sigmoid colon cancer. A...

INTRODUCTION Pancreatic cancer is the fourth major cause of cancer-related deaths. About 50% of the patients are diagnosed with advanced disease. Metastatic disease to the colon is a very rare entity with only 5 cases described in english literature. CASE PRESENTATION Male, 60 years-old, presents to a surgical consult with the diagnosis of an adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon. The physical ...

Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and carbohydrate antigen (CA)19-9 are well known as the most common tumor markers of colon cancer, and levels are used not only for preoperative assessment of extent and outcome of cancer, but also postoperative monitoring of recurrence. We encountered a patient with sigmoid colon cancer showing abnormally high serum levels of CEA (311.1 ng/ml) and CA19-9 (5731.2 ...

background and aim: the aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiological features of colorectal cancer in imam reza hospital in kermanshah, iran, in a five-year period. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study included all the patients (n=167) admitted to imam reza hospital in kermanshah over a five-year period, diagnosed with colorectal cancer through performing colonoscopy an...

the most common metastatic sites for colorectal carcinomas include the liver, lungs, brain, bones and peritoneal surfaces. in this report, a case of sigmoid colon carcinoma presented with cervical lymphadenopathy was detected with the help of pet/ct. a 57 year-old male presented with a complaint of swelling on the left side of his neck. ultrasonographic examination of the neck revealed three hy...