Thursday, 22 February 2024

CASE 751: PERFORATED COLON CANCER, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr NGUYỄN VĂN HIỀN, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.

 A 45 year-old man with epigastric pain  for 2 months but failed in gastritis management in a hospital and getting worse his status.

At Medic Center, ultrasonography revealed the transverse colon wall thickening =12-17 mm associated with malignancy,  which was linked to neighboring abscess measuring 59x21 mm that was sealed off. A fistula between the cancer and the abscess was seen on ultrasound.



Lab data: WBC=20,51x10^9/L, CEA: 5.47ng/mL

MSCT confirmed the abscess at posterior of the transverse colon due to perforated transverse colon cancer.



Open surgery removed the # 5x5 cm transverse colon cancer which perforated at posterior face and an arteficial anus was done. But 3 days later, this artificial anus was necrotizing then the proctotoreusis was done secondly. 

The histopathological result was a high differentiazed carcinoma invasive of colon. 

The patient remained well after the 2 complex operations.



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