Total Pageviews

Thursday, 2 January 2025

CASE 804: SYNCHRONOUS GASTRIC and COLON CANCER, Dr PHAN THANH HAI, Dr PHAM CHI TOAN, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.

 A 50 year-old man with loss of weight, altered bowel habit, fatigue and abdominal pain.

Ultrasound detected gastric cancer and gastroendoscopy and MSCT confirmed later.




Gastric endoscopy and biopsy result.



MSCT


But there was a tumor of transverse colon which was proved by colonoscopy and histoanatopathological result.



Synchronous gastric and colon cancer is still rare, # 2.5% in male patient within 6 months.


No comments :