title: Colon carcinoma discovered in an adolescent during inguinal hernia repair.
abstract: Colon carcinoma is an unusual tumor during childhood. The authors report a case of metastatic colonic adenocarcinoma diagnosed in a 14-year-old boy during inguinal hernia repair. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of this rare disease presenting as an inguinal hernia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, Calif 92134-5000, USA.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: LeClair
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D017668:Age of Onset; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed