Intraluminal mucus cast complicating carcinoma of the colon.
A previously unreported complication of a stenosing carcinoma of the colon is described. This was first noticed as a rather unusual X-ray appearance, the significance of which only became clear following surgery.
D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009093:Mucus