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.
Liang
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Cheng
B J
BJ
Huang
K J
KJ
Hsieh
T T
TT
Soong
Y K
YK
D000230:Adenocarcinoma; D000328:Adult; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic