Cancer of the colon during pregnancy: report of a case and review of the literature.
A case of adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon during pregnancy is reported. The patient presented with anemia and a painless mass over the left abdomen without gastrointestinal discomfort, making this case different from 25 previously reported cases of colon carcinoma above the peritoneal reflection associated with pregnancy.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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CC
Liang
B J
BJ
Cheng
K J
KJ
Huang
T T
TT
Hsieh
Y K
YK
Soong
D000230:Adenocarcinoma; D000328:Adult; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic