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Saturday, 24 February 2024

CASE 752: COLON CANCER in Young Woman, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr TRƯƠNG CÔNG THÀNH, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

 A 31 year-old woman with loose stool for 2 months and epigastric pain that was in gastritis treatment  but not the loose stool not resolving. She lose her weight of one kilogram and cramping feeling in her right flank.

Ultrasound detected right colon wall thickening maybe due to tumor.


Colonoscopy showed the right colon tumor with ulcer and vegetations.




MSCT confirmed the right colon tumor and liver metastase in the right lobe.




Lab data showed occult blood in stool [FOBT] and stool calprotectin positive.




Result of histopathological specimen was well differentiazed carcinoma of colon.

Cancer of colon seems to be more early in appearance in the young patients. And in late stage [liver metastase] liked the young woman in this case.




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