Hereditary colon cancers can be tiny: a cautionary case report of the results of colonoscopic surveillance.
This case report describes a 45-yr-old woman with a strong family history of colorectal cancer who was found to have a 4-mm poorly differentiated cancer in her transverse colon on surveillance colonoscopy. The case is reported to advise practitioners of the need for meticulous colonoscopy in such patients.
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David G. Jagelman Inherited Colorectal Cancer Registries, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio 44195, USA.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003123:Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged