title: Colon cancer with a high serum alpha-fetoprotein level.
abstract: We report on a patient with colon cancer and a very high serum alpha-fetoprotein level. This 75-yr-old man presented with right lower quadrant abdominal pain. An abdominal CT scan as well as ultrasonography showed a tumor in the cecum. Serum alpha-fetoprotein level was extremely high (3,070 ng/ml). At laparotomy, a large mass was found in the cecum, and a right hemicolectomy was performed. Histological examination, including immunohistochemical study, showed an adenocarcinoma of the colon producing alpha-fetoprotein.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ingu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins