Cecal cancer

Case contributed by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Abdominal pain and chronic constipation.

Patient Data

Age: 65 years
Gender: Male
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Increased wall thickness is noted at cecum accompanied by pericolic fat stranding and a few regional lymphadenopathies. There is no sign of local invasion to adjacent structures.

Case Discussion

Cecal mass (pathology proven adenocarcinoma) with small regional lymphadenopathy. Colorectal cancers can be found anywhere from the cecum to the rectum. The cecum and ascending colon are involved in approxmiately 20% of cases. 

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