Metastatic sigmoid colon cancer

Case contributed by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Abdominal pain and chronic constipation.

Patient Data

Age: 55 years
Gender: Male

Increased wall thickness due to tumoral infiltration is present at the mid to distal part of the sigmoid colon. Pericolic fat stranding and several regional enlarged lymph nodes are also evident.

There are three hypo attenuating masses in the liver that show peripheral enhancement with progressive fill in.

The prostate gland is enlarged.

Case Discussion

Sigmoid colon mass; pathology proved adenocarcinoma with regional enlarged lymph nodes and hepatic metastasis.

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