Colon cancer with a high serum alpha-fetoprotein level.
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.
Kato
K
K
Second Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan.
Matsuda
M
M
Ingu
A
A
Imai
M
M
Kasai
S
S
Mito
M
M
Kobayashi
T
T
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*
D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins