A case of colonic ischemia mimicking carcinoma

Author: Karamouzis Michalis   Badra Filitsa   Papatsoris Athanasios  

Publisher: Humana Press, Inc

ISSN: 1537-3649

Source: International Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer, Vol.32, Iss.2-3, 2002-12, pp. : 165-168

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Abstract

In this article, we describe a case of colonic ischemia masquerading as colonic carcinoma in a 75-yr-old female. Although this clinical diagnostic problem has been described before, it is rather unusual that the clinical, roentgenographical, endoscopic, and even histopathologic evaluation could not exclude carcinoma with certainty.