The patient proceeded to an extended right hemicolectomy.
Histopathology report
DIAGNOSIS:
- Site: Extended right hemicolectomy.
- Type: Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma.
- Size: 36mm in maximum dimension.
- Local invasion: Tumor extends through muscularis propria into the subserosa. Serosa is clear.
- Lymphovascular invasion: Present.
- Lymph nodes: 3 out of 33 lymph nodes show metastatic tumor. Largest tumor focus 5mm. Extranodal spread seen.
- Margins, proximal and distal: Clear.
- AJCC stage IIIB (T3 N1b M0).